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CLASSIFICATION 


Geometrina  of  North  America 

WITH 

DESCRIPTIONS  OF  NEW  GENERA  AND  SPECIES 

By  Rev,  Geo.  D.  Hulst. 


CtKoH^I  AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  245 


A    €I.ASSIFirATION    OF    THE    GEO]?IETRIIV.4    OF 

NORTH  AMERICA,  WITH  DESCRIFTIO]!¥S 

OF   NEW  GENERA   AND   SPECIES. 

BY  REV.    GEO.    D.    HUL8T. 

As  the  result  of  the  work  of  systematists,  two  methods  of  classifi- 
cation are  found  in  our  lists  and  text  books.  The  first  is  in  common 
use  in  Europe,  and  is  the  system  of  Lederer.  The  second  is  in  use 
in  America,  and  is  the  system  of  Guenee.  Lederer's  system,  pub- 
lished in  1853,  was  far  in  advance  of  anything  published  before  him, 
and,  as  based  in  large  part  upon  structure,  has  deserved  the  respect 
it  has  always  received.  Guenee's  system  was  given  a  life  on  this 
side  of  the  ocean  by  the  fact  that  Dr.  Packard,  in  his  Monograph, 
closely  followed  it,  and  that  Monograph  has  made  our  lists  and  given 
us  our  names.  This  system,  professedly  attempting  to  cover  every- 
thing, is  exact  in  nothing,  and  as  a  system  is  absolutely  without 
worth,  and,  apart  from  Dr.  Packard's  following,  has  never  had  any 
recognition. 

In  1892,  Mr.  Meyrick  published  a  "Classification  of  the  Geome- 
trina  of  the  European  Fauna"  (Trans.  Ento.  Soc.  London,  1892, 
part  1,  pp.  53-140),  in  which  he  endeavored  to  arrange  the  family 
on  the  basis  of  invariable  structure.  This  classification  does  not  as 
yet  seem  to  be  adopted,  but  is,  in  many  respects  by  far  the  best  yet 
proposed,  and  is  the  result  of  wide  comparative  study  and  consistent 
generalization.  It  is  this  system  which,  in  the  greater  part,  I  have 
followed.  And  yet  I  have  made  in  one  respect  at  least  a  radical 
departure  from  it.  Mr.  Meyrick  lays  dowu  as  one  of  the  funda- 
mentals of  his  classification  the  following  rule:  "No  genus,  family 
or  higher  group,  is  tenable  unless  distinctly  separable  from  all  others 
by  points  of  structure,  which,  whether  singly  or  in  conjunction,  are 
capable  of  accurate  definition.  If  a  systematist  is  not  able  to  define 
by  a  clear  and  not  simply  comparative  character,  the  distinction 
between  two  genera,  he  is  bound  to  merge  them  together."  This 
rule  is  a  most  excellent  one,  but  Mr.  Meyrick,  in  his  rigid  and  con- 
sistent application  of  it,  gives  it  an  interpretation  not  warranted  in 
practice,  for  he  makes  not  difference  in  structure,  but  difference  in 

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246  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

structure  without  the  known  existence  of  intermediate  forms  in 
nature,  to  be  the  application  of  the  rule.  As  a  result  some  of  his 
genera  cover  almost  subfamily  differences,  as  witness  such  as  Pseudo- 
pant  Jiera  and  Crocota.  All  divisions  are  artificial  in  theory,  and 
accidental  in  fact,  and  it  is  more  natural,  and  it  seems  to  me  more 
scientific,  while  using  discretion,  to  consider  wide  variations  in 
structure  as  valid  bases  for  genera  even  though  intermediate  forms 
may  exist  which  may  be  referred  with  equal  propriety  to  one  or  to 
the  other. 

I  have  also  given  more  importance  to  some  details  of  structure 
than  is  given  by  Mr.  Meyrick.  As  an  example,  my  own  experience 
leads  me  to  regard  the  pencil  found  on  tlie  hind  tibise  of  the  males 
of  many  species  as  a  thoroughly  reliable  point  of  structure.  It  may 
often  be  rubbed  off,  and  the  groove  in  which  it  rests  be  difficult  to 
discern,  but  the  structure  is  not  variable  in  the  same  species. 

There  are  other  structural  peculiarities  which  may  modify  classifi- 
cation in  the  future.  Some  of  these  may  be  found  in  the  larval  and 
pupal  stages,  but,  apart  from  what  I  have  noted,  nothing  has  as  yet 
been  observed  which  seems  reliable.  A  character  in  the  imago  which 
may  be  of  greater  importance  than  I  have  given  it,  is  the  jjeculiar 
form  of  the  subcostal  vein  of  hind  wings  near  the  base.  Prof. 
Comstock,  who  discovered  this  peculiarity,  makes  it  of  fiimily  im- 
portance. My  own  observations  lead  me  to  believe  it  cannot  be 
considered  exclusive.  First,  it  is  scarcely  distinct  in  some  of  the 
Sterrhinse,  and  is  wanting  in  some  that  we  must  consider  true  Geom- 
eters such  as  the  genera  Mecoceras,  Melanchroia,  etc.,  as  well  as  some 
genera  of  the  Monocteniinse  and  Strophidiinse.  On  the  other  hand 
the  tendency  to  the  basal  angulation  of  the  costal  vein  of  the  hind 
wings  seems  to  me  to  be  as  fully  developed  in  some  of  the  Geometri- 
form  Noctuina,  as  in  the  Sterrhin?e  and  Monocteniinse,  and  much 
more  so  than  in  some  other  genera.  In  some  of  the  Catocalce  this 
angle  is  clear,  though  it  is  apt  to  be  overlooked,  as  the  vein  is  very 
faint,  while  the  vein,  which  would  be  vein  9,  and  which  is  coincident 
with  8  just  beyond  base  is  very  strong,  and  is  ordinarily  regarded 
as  the  only  one. 

Very  considerable  use  may  in  the  future  be  made  of  modifications 
of  the  antennse,  based  on  a  form  of  structure,  so  far  as  I  know,  not 
hitherto  observed.  In  the  species  which  have  the  antennse  bipecti- 
nate  in  the  males  the  position  of  the  pectinations  with  regard  to  the 
segments  upon  which  they  stand  is  very  different.     In  a  very  few 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  247 

(Ripula)  the  antennae  are  doubly  bipectinate,  having  two  pectina- 
tions at  the  sunuiiit  and  two  at  the  base  of  each  segment;  this  is 
also  the  case  with  the  pectinate  species  of  Erannis,  a  fact  not  here- 
tofore noticed.  In  many  species  the  pectinations  are  at  the  summit 
of  the  segments,  and  in  others  at  the  base  only.  This  tendency  is 
shown  in  the  species  which  do  not  have  bipectinate  antennae,  as  well 
as  in  the  females,  the  tendency  of  the  ciliations  being  to  gather  into 
tufts  at  both  summit  and  base  as  in  Ectropis,  etc.,  or  at  bottom,  or 
at  top  only.  I  have  not  been  able  to  make  any  exclusive  generali- 
zations as  yet,  but  the  Sterrhinse  seem  thus  to  separate  from  the 
Geometrinse,  the  former  having  the  pectinations  at  the  bottom,  the 
latter  at  the  top  of  the  segments.  In  the  Ennominte  the  species 
having  the  pectinations  at  the  top  of  the  segments  generally  corre- 
spond with  those  which  have  the  fovea  at  the  base  of  the  fore  wings 
in  the  male,  but  this  is  not  always  the  case.  A  few  species  have 
the  antennae  serrate,  and  a  few  others  have  them  flattened  and  more 
or  less  lamellate  ;  generally  with  this  structure  the  antennae  are  naked, 
at  least  below.  I  have  found  only  one  instance  of  unipectinate  an- 
tennae among  our  species,  and  this  is  the  9  of  Gonodontis  hypo- 
chraria  H.-Sch.,  but  I  am  not  sure  that  any  emphasis  can  be  placed 
upon  this  fact.  In  most  species  the  pectinations  on  one  side  are 
shorter  than  on  the  other,  and  in  this  species  in  the  female  the  longer 
pectinations  have  apparently  just  begun,  or  are  just  losing  their 
existence,  while  the  shorter  ones  have  not  begun,  or  have  ceased  to  be. 

There  are  also  very  considerable  differences  in  the  position  and 
shape  of  the  tibial  epiphysis.  In  many  species  it  is  below  the  middle 
of  the  tibia  and  short.  In  others  it  is  above  and  often  reaches  con- 
siderably beyond  the  end  of  the  tibia ;  sometimes  it  is  considerably 
tufted. 

The  tarsi  vary  considerably  compared  with  the  tibiae  and  with 
each  other.     They  are  often  spinulated,  sometimes  strongly  so. 

These  characteristics,  so  far  as  ray  observations  go,  are  compara- 
tive only.  I  have  as  yet  not  been  able  to  make  use  of  them  in  clas- 
sification, but  suggest  their  variability  that  the  future  student  may 
make  use  of  them  as  a  larger  and  better  study  of  material  may 
warrant. 

I  have  been  able  to  make  nothing  of  the  ocelli ;  other  students 
have  seen  them  in  a  few  species,  but  I  have  to  confess  I  have  never 
yet  seen  the  organ  developed  in  a  single  Geometer,  though  for  the 
purpose  of  study  I  have  bleached  hundreds  of  heads,  and  in  some 

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248  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

species  for  this  very  purpose.  In  a  very  few  cases,  however,  I  have 
found  the  minute  rudiments  of  niaxiHary  palpi. 

I  have  endeavored  to  follow  strictly  the  law  of  priority  in  generic 
and  specific  names,  and  have  therefore,  without  hesitation,  taken 
Hiibner's  genera  as  given  in  the  Verzeichniss.  I  have  not  endorsed 
the  names  of  the  "  Tentamen,"  as  I  can  find  nothing  which  shows  it 
to  be  a  publication.  It  is  simply  a  printed  letter,  and  can  have  no 
authority,  because  it  was  written  in  type.  I  have,  however,  noted 
where  the  "  Tentamen"  names  apply,  for  the  convenience  of  those 
who  disagree  with  me  in  my  opinion  of  their  validity. 

I  have  been  unable  to  make  very  little  of  the  genera  of  Guenee 
and  Walker,  based  upon  exotic,  mostly  tropical  material.  Their 
diagnoses  are  in  the  main  without  exact  reference  to  structure,  and 
I  have  been  unable  to  examine  their  types.  I  have  also  made  little 
use  of  the  genera  of  some  later  writers,  as  the  structural  basis  for 
these  genera  is  the  position  of  various  veins  which  is  excessively 
variable  in  the  same  species.  The  validity  of  these  can  only  be  de- 
termined after  extensive  comparison  of  structure  in  the  same  species, 
and  in  species  nearly  related. 

It  was  the  custom  of  the  French  Lepidopterists  of  former  times 
to  call  the  group  the  Phalsenidse,  and  in  this  Guenee  was  followed 
by  Dr.  Packard  in  his  Monograph.  Phalijena,  as  used  by  Linnaeus, 
is  nearly  equal  to  the  Heterocera  as  now  used.  Geometer  was  the 
name  he  gave  to  group  under  consideration.  Fabricius  afterwards 
ignored  this  name,  and  called  the  group  Phalcena,  but  it  is  clearly  a 
synonym,  and  so  neither  it  nor  its  derivitives  have  any  standing.  I 
have  given  the  group  superfamily  standing,  though  the  most  of 
systematists  may  not  agree  with  me.  But  as  will  be  seen  I  give  the 
group  a  wider  reach  than  most  Lepidopterists. 

The  Geometrina  separate  from  other  groups  of  the  Lepidoptera  as 
follows  :  The  antenme  are  never  club  shaped  or  fusiform,  and  they 
are  thus  distinguished  from  the  Rhopalocera,  Sphingina,  and  some 
other  groups.  The  larva  have  one  or  more  pairs  of  tlie  anterior 
abdominal  legs  wanting,  and  they  are  tluis  distinguished  from  the 
Bombycina  in  the  widest  reach  of  that  term  ;  vein  5  of  the  fore 
wings  is  from  or  near  the  centre  of  the  outer  margin  of  the  cell,  and 
they  are  thus  distinguished  from  the  Noctuina.  There  are  only  one 
or  two  internal  veins  to  the  hind  wings,  and  thus,  as  well  as  by  the 
peculiarity  of  the  larvse,  they  are  separated  from  the  Micr()lei)idop- 
tera.      In   my  judgment  their  nearest  relatives  are  the  Noctuina, 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  249 

though  in  this  opinion  I  have  the  sympathy  of  veiy  few,  if,  indeed, 
of  any  other  Lepidopterists. 

GEOMETRINA. 

Synopsis  of  families  and  subfamilies. 

Hind  wings  vein  5  present,  strong GEOMETRID^E. 

Hind  wings  vein  absent,  or  a  fold  only ENNOMID^E. 

GEOMETRID^E. 

1.  All  wings  with  vein  5  nearer  6  than  4 Geomltrin.e. 

Fore  or  hind  wings  with  vein  5  at  middle  of  cell,  or  nearer  4  than  6 2. 

2.  Hind  wings  vein  8  coalescing  with  cell  to  middle,  or  if  separate,  joined  with 

it  by  a  cross-bar  at  or  beyond  middle 3. 

Hind  wings  vein  8  separate  from  cell  or  joined  at  or  near  base  only 4. 

3.  Frenulnm  present H ydriomin^. 

Frenulum  absent. DYSPTEKiDiNiE. 

4.  Hind  wings  8  shortly  joined  with  cell  at  or  near  base 5. 

Hind  wings  8  separate  from  cell 6. 

5.  Hind  wings  joined  with  cell  near  base,  shortly,  then  rapidly  diverging. 

Sterrhin^. 
Hind  wings  8  joined  with  cell  at  base,  then  subparallel  with  it. 

MONOC'TENIIN.E. 

6.  Fore  wings  7  separate  from  both  8  and  9 7. 

Fore  wings  7  stemmed  with  8  and  9 Brephin.e. 

7.  Fore  wings  8  stemmed  with  9 Strophidiin^. 

Fore  wings  9  separate  from  8 Leuculin^. 

ENNOMID^. 

1.  Hind  wings  8  coalescing  with  cell  at  base FernaldelliNjE. 

Hind  wings  8  separate  from  cell 2. 

2.  Frenulum  present 3. 

Frenulum  absent Palyadin.*;. 

3.  Antennae  and  legs  very  long;  antennse  three-fourths  length  of  fore  wings. 

MeCOCER  ATIN  X.. 

Antennifi  and  legs  normal;  antennae  never  more  than  two-thirds  length  of 
fore  wings 4. 

4.  Fore  wings  7  separate  from  8  and  9 Melanchroiin.e. 

•Fore  wings  7  stemmed  with  8  and  9 Ennomix.e. 

Dyspteridin^e. 
The  Dyspteridinse,  with  the  Hydriomin!?e,  are  easily  separated  from 
the  rest  of  the  Geometrina  by  the  coalescing  of  vein  8  of  the  hind 
wings  with  the  cell  for  half  or  more  of  its  length,  or  in  exceptional 
cases  in  both  subfamilies,  where  8  does  not  coalesce  with  the  cell,  it 
is  joined  by  a  cross-vein  to  the  cell  at  or  beyond  its  middle.  In 
both  subfamilies  vein  5  of  the  hind  wings  is  developed.     The  two 

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250  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

subfamilies  are  very  closely  related,  and  the  absence  of  the  frenulum 
merely  marks  the  completion  of  a  tendency  shown  very  distinctly 
in  the  nearly  allied  genera  of  the  Hydriominse,  such  as  on  the  one 
hand  Lobophora,  Trichopteryx,  etc.,  and  on  the  other  Alsophila, 
Paleacrita  and  Eudule. 

DYSPTERIDINiE. 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

1.  Antenna;  of  %  bipectinate 1.  Dyspteris. 

Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 2. 

2.  Hind  wings  of   9  partly  or  not  at  all  developed 3. 

Hind  wings  of   9  developed  as  in  '^ 5- 

3.  Hind  wings  of   9  obsolete 7.  Rachela. 

Hind  wings  of  9  partly  developed,  about  as  long  as  thorax 4. 

4.  Tongue  present,  though  weak 5.  ©pheroptera. 

Tongue  obsolete 6.  Pa  ra  ptera. 

5.  Fore  wings  with  one  accessory  cell 2.  Cyst,«*opteryx. 

Fore  wings  with  two  accessory  cells 6. 

6.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil 3.  Nyctobia. 

Hind  tibiae  of  %  without  pencil 4.  C'ladara. 

1.  DYSPTERIS  Hubn. 

Verz.  286,  1818. 

Type  D.  amata  Cr. 

Palpi  short ;  clypeus  not  tufted ;  antennae  bijDectinate  in  %  ,  sim- 
ple in  9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  hind  tibise  with  all  spurs 
in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  broad,  even,  inner  margin  short,  12  veins, 
11  on  10,  with  one  accessory  cell;  hind  wings  8  not  anastomosing 
with  cell,  but  joined  in  both  sexes  with  it  by  a  cross-vein  beyond 
middle ;  hind  wings  of  %  with  vitreous  spot  along  inner  margin 
near  base;  frenulum  wanting;  venation  of  I  very  much  distorted, 
the  cell  being  very  much  shortened  and  drawn  in,  and  veins  1,  2  and 
8  obsolete.  In  9  2  and  3  are  present,  4  widely  separate  from  5,  6 
and  7  stemmed. 

This  genus  has  heretofore  been  catalogued  with  the  "Greens"  so- 
called,  but  beyond  question  it  has  no  affinities  with  them. 
Species. — D.  abortivaria  H.-Sch. 

2.  €YSTEOPTERYX  n.  gen. 
Type  riridata  Grt. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  quite  heavily  scaled  ;  front  flattened  ;  antennae 
ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed ;  hind  tibiae  with  end  pair 
of  spurs  only,  without  hair  pencil  in  S  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  un- 
tufted;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  6  stemmed  with  7; 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  251 

hind  wings  8  with  cell  nioi-e  than  half  its  length  ;  in  t  there  is  a 
lobe  at  base  along  inner  margin  folded  over  upwards  forming  a  sort 
of  pocket ;  frenulum  wanting. 

Differs  from   Trichopieryx  in  having  only  one  accessory  cell,  and 
fi'om  Fhilopsia  in  that  only  one  pair  of  spurs  is  present  on  hind 
tibiae,  and  from  both  in  the  absence  of  the  frenulum. 
Species. —  C.  viridata  Grt. 

3.  MYCTOBIA  u.  gen. 
Type  limitata  Wlk. 

Palpi  moderate,  erect ;  front  not  tufted  ;  antennae  filiform,  ciliate 
in  both  sexes  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ; 
hind  tibiae  with  end  spurs  only  ;  in  S  there  is  a  slight  pencil  of  long 
hairs  on  inner  side ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  and 
7  stemmed ;  hind  wings  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle,  6  oeparate 
from  7  ;  in  %  there  is  a  folded  lobe  at  base  on  inner  margin  above ; 
frenulum  wanting. 

The  hair  pencil  on  the  hind  tibiae  of  %  is  rarely  met  with  in  this 
section  of  the  Geometers.  Mr.  Meyrick  does  not  consider  it  a  generic 
character,  regarding  it  as  variable  and  uncertain,  but  after  much 
comparison  my  own  opinion  is,  it  can  be  fully  relied  upon,  and  is  a 
most  excellent  limitation.  By  this  Nydobia  is  separated  from  Lo- 
bophora  Curt.,  as  well  as  by  the  absence  of  the  frenulum. 
Species. — N.  limitata  Wlk. 

N,  fusifasciata  Wlk. 

4.  €1.ADARA  n.  gen. 
Type  atroHturata  Walk. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  rough  scaled ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
smooth ;  antennae  of  %  filiform ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth ; 
hind  tibiae  with  one  pair  of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  without  hair  pencil ; 
fore  wings  with  two  accessory  cells,  12  veins,  6  with  7;  hind  wings 
with  folded  lobe  at  base  above  along  inner  margin  in  ^  ;  8  veins, 
6  and  7  separate,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle ;  frenulum  wanting. 

Differs  from  Nijctobia  in  the  absence  of  the  hair  pencil  on  hind 
tibiae  of  %  ;  from  Triehopteryx  Hubn.  in  that  8  is  joined  with  cell 
in  hind  wings ;  from  Lobophora  Curt,  in  that  it  has  one  paii"  of 
spurs  on  hind  tibiae.  From  both  the  latter  as  well  in  the  absence 
of  the  frenulum. 

Species. —  C.  atroHturata  Walk. 

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252  GEORGE    D.    HULST, 

5.  OPHEKOPTKRA  Hubn. 

Verz.  321.  1818. 

Type  brumatd  L. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  slender ;  antennte  of  %  dentate,  with  fascicles 
of  hairs  on  each  segment;  antennse  of  9  filiform;  front  smooth; 
tongue  short,  weak;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  of  <?  12 
veins,  one  accessory  cell,  6  long  stemmed  with  7,  accessory  cell  large, 
7,  8,  9  and  10  arising  from  at  or  near  its  end  ;  hind  wings  8  veins, 
3  and  4  wndely  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  and  7  long  stemmed, 
8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle  ;  wings  of  9  partly  developed  extend- 
ing about  length  of  thorax ;  body  of  9  somewhat  vermiform ; 
frenulum  wanting. 

It  is  doubtful  whether  this  species  has  even  been  taken  within  our 
limits.     I  have  never  seen  it  myself  to  be  certain  of  it,  but  Staud- 
inger  catalogues  it,  doubtfully  from  Greenland. 
Species.  —  0.  boreata  Hiibn. 

6.  PARAPTERA  n.  gen. 
Type  danbyi  Hiilst. 

Tongue  wanting ;  palpi  short,  slender ;  antennse  of  S  with  seg- 
ments round,  even,  each  with  two  slender  fascicles  of  hairs ;  9  an- 
tenniB  filiform ;  clypeus  untufted  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted, 
in  9  more  closely  joined,  somewhat  vermiform  ;  hind  tibiae  wnth  one 
pair  of  spurs  only,  or  very  rarely  with  upper  pair  slightly  developed  ; 
fore  wings  of  S  12  veins,  with  one  accessory  cell,  5  nearer  4  than 
middle  of  cell,  6  long  stemmed  with  7,  cell  large,  la  and  16  both 
present,  strong ;  hind  wings  5  much  nearer  4  than  middle  of  cell,  6 
and  7  long  stemmed,  8  with  cell  more  than  half  its  length  ;  9  with 
wings  partly  aborted,  these  reaching  somewhat  beyond  thorax,  and 
being  about  the  size  of  the  ordinary  wings  on  emergence  from  pupa; 
frenulum  wanting. 

Very  close  to  Opheroptera,  differing  in  tongue,  antennae  of  S  ,  and 
spurs  of  hind  tibiae,  though  in  none  of  these  in  a  very  mai'ked 
degree. 

Species. — F.  danbyi  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

P.  <lanl»yi  n.  sp.  %  expands  36-40  mm. — Palpi  fuscous  gray  above,  edged 
with  gray  to  light  gray  beneath;  clypeus  smoky  black:  antennse  fuscous,  lighter 
towards  end  ;  thorax  blackish,  with  a  lining  to  collar,  patagiaj  and  posterior  por- 
tion of  light  gray.  Abdomen  light  gray  with  a  fuscous  shade  sprinkled  with  a 
few  black  scales,  and  with  a  shade  of  yellowish  on  anterior  segment.  Wings 
crossed  by  a  number  of  evenly  separated  wavy  black  lines,  the  darker  or  lighter 


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interspaces  forming  hands,  and  these  colors  in  general  alternating,  the  extreme 
base  being  lighter,  and  the  two  at  the  middle  of  the  wing  being  also  lighter,  but 
separated  by  a  black  line  with  a  blackish  outer  shading ;  the  bands  beyond  mid- 
dle become  a  little  broader  at  costa,  so  that  they  become  fiTially  parallel  with 
outer  margin,  the  submarginal  one  being  narrow,  forming  a  distinct  denticulate 
white  line ;  other  specimens  have  thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  darker,  the  lighter 
spaces  being  gray  and  the  darker  grayish  black ;  there  is  also  soihe  variation  in 
the  width  of  the  bands,  which,  from  the  extreme  base,  are  nine  in  number;  the 
veins  forming  the  discal  cell  are  somewhat  emphasized  by  blackish,  which  is 
more  prominent  on  the  median.  Hind  wings  with  lines  corresponding  to  the 
fore  wings,  but  less  distinct,  becoming  obsolete  towards  base,  and  with  interspaces 
more  uniform  light  fuscous,  except  that  the  lines  have  a  dark  outer  shading. 

Female  varying  in  colors  of  thorax  and  abdomen  from  light  gray  to  dark  fus- 
cous, the  thorax  being  the  darker,  at  times  almost  blackish,  and  the  abdomen 
sometimes  annulate  with  gray.  Wings  gray,  with  a  deep  black  band  beyond 
middle. 

Described  from  four  males  and  five  females,  one  pair  sent  by  Prof. 
Fletcher,  the  rest  from  Mr,  W.  H.  Dan  by,  all  of  these  taken  by 
Mr.  Danby  at  Victoria,  Brit.  Col.,  from  early  in  November  to  about 
middle  of  December.  The  females  seem  to  vary  considerably  in 
size,  some  being  hardly  larger  tlian  the  9  of  Rachela  bruceata,  while 
others  are  almost  as  large  as  the  9  of  Erannis  tiliaria.  The  spe- 
cific name  is  given  in  honor  of  its  discoverer,  Mr.  Danby. 

7    RACHEL,A  n.  gen. 
Type  bruceata  Hulst. 

Palpi  small,  slender ;  tongue  wanting ;  clypeus  rather  broad, 
scaled  ;  antennae  %  even,  each  segment  with  two  fascicles  of  hairs 
on  each  side ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  hind  tibiae  with  two 
pairs  of  spurs ;  antennse  of  9  filiform,  very  slightly  pubescent ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  of  9  closely  joined,  somewhat  vermiform ; 
fore  wings  %  broad,  even,  12  veined,  la  and  lb  present,  strong,  3 
widely  separate  from  4,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  long  stemmed  with  7, 
10  on  11  anastomosing  with  9  forming  a  long  accessory  cell,  11  from 
cell,  12  free;  hind  wings  8  veins,  la  and  16  present,  strong,  3  and 
4  widely  separate,  H  and  7  long  stemmed,  8  anastomosing  with  cell 
to  beyond  middle  ;  wings  of  %   almost  entirely  lacking. 

Name  given  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Rachel  Bruce,  whose  husband,  Mr. 
David  Bruce,  han  done  so  much  towards  a  knowledge  of  the  Lepid- 
optera  of  the  central  Rocky  Mountain  region,  and  to  whom  I  am 
indebted  for  many  favors. 

Species. — E.  bnweata  Hulst. 

a.  hyperborea  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

fli.  oecidentalis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

jR.  iatipennis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

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254  GEORGE   D.    HIILST. 

R.  occidentalis  n.  sp.— Expands  32-34  mm. 

I  give  this  name  to  an  insect  of  which  I  have  received  many 
specimens  from  Victoria,  Brit.  Col.  It  is  very  uniform  in  appear- 
ance, and  without  doubt  nearly  related  to  R.  bruceata.  It  is,  how- 
ever, in  the  %  uniformly  darker  on  all  wings,  and  the  fore  wings 
have  the  apex  more  rounded  and  the  inner  margin  shorter.  The 
inner  angle  is  thus  broader  and  the  wing  more  oval  in  shape.  The 
9  is  blackish  gray  instead  of  fuscous. 

R.  latipeiinis  n.  sp.— Expauds  28  mm. 

I  give  this  name  to  a  species  received  from  California,  of  which  I 
have  no  females.  The  wings  are  much  broader  than  in  B.  bruceata 
or  latipennis,  and  the  apex  much  less  extended.  It  has  much  the 
same  markings  as  bruceata,  but  they  are  more  decided  in  color  the 
lines  of  the  hind  wings  being  especially  pronounced.  In  general 
appearance  it  appi'oaches  Opheroptera  brumata  of  Europe. 

R.  hyperborea  n.  sp.— Expands  23  mm.  Very  much  in  appearance  like 
R.  latipennis.  with  narrower  wings,  the  two  outer  lines  quit«  distinct,  the  central 
band  obsolete,  and  the  vestiture  more  hairy,  and  uniformly  of  very  much  smaller 
size. 

I  suspect  this  may  be  a  subarctic  form  of  E.  bruceata.  My  speci- 
mens of  R.  hyperborea  are  all  from  Alaska,  and  are  very  uniform  in 
size  and  appearance,  and  are  all  smaller  than  any  specimen  of  R. 
bruceata  I  have  ever  seen. 

HYDRIOMINJE. 

The  Hydriominse  are,  with  the  Dyspteridinse,  in  the  main  very 
easily  and  clearly  distinguished  by  the  peculiar  anastomosing  of 
vein  8  of  the  hind  wings  with  the  cell.  The  exceptions,  where  the 
vein  is  separate,  but  joined  by  a  cross-bar  beyond  the  middle  of  the 
cell  are  peculiar,  but  can  in  no  wise  be  made  another  subfamily  as 
the  females  are  normal.  As  noticed  by  Mr.  Meyrick  the  most  of  the 
species  with  this  peculiar  structure  have  the  inner  margin  in  the  % 
with  a  fold  or  pocket,  and  the  anterior  part  seems  to  be  broadened 
and  the  anterior  veins  separated  as  a  compensation. 

A  second  exception  which,  as  has  been  seen,  I  have  made  a  sub- 
family is  in  the  case  of  a  few  genera  where  the  frenulum  is  wanting. 
This  I  have  called  the  Dyspteridinse,  from  Dyspteris,  the  typical 
genus. 

Another  exception  which  I  have  placed  with  the  Geometrinre  is  a 
genus  of  the  "  greens"  which  differs  from  this  subfamily  and  agrees 


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with  the  Geonietriiuie  in  the  position  of  vein  5  in  the  fore  and  hind 
wings,  as  well  as  in  other  very  important  particulars.  A  final  ex- 
ception is  Fernaldella,  which  is  immediately  distinguished  by  the 
absence  of  vein  5  in  the  hind  wings,  thus  belonging  to  the  Ennomidse. 

The  venation  of  one  genus  (Zenophleps)  is  very  peculiar,  6  and  7 
being  stemmed  and  separate  from  8  in  the  fore  wings.  It  is  close  to 
the  European  genus  Cataclysme  Hb.,  and  I  agree  with  Mr,  Meyrick 
its  appearance  is  due  to  the  obsolescence  of  the  posterior  wall  of 
the  second  accessory  cell.  It  might  very  properly  be  made  the  basis 
of  a  separate  subfamily. 

In  the  Hydriominse  the  tongue  is  with  rare  exceptions  present.  In 
the  fore  wings  there  is  generally  (nie  inner  vein  3  and  4  are  separate, 
and  12  is  free.  The  position  and  relations  of  veins  9,  10,  11  and  12 
are  very  uniform  and  unvarying.  In  the  hind  wings  3  and  4  are 
generally  separate,  and  6  and  7  stemmed.  In  the  description  of 
genera  the  general  form  is  understood,  unless  otherwise  noted. 

Hydriomin^, 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

1.  Fore  wings  6  and  7  stemmed  separate  from  8 28.  Zenophleps. 

Fore  wings  7  stemmed  with  8 2 

2.  Fore  wings  11  veins 22.  Catoclothis. 

Fore  wings  12  veins 3. 

3.  Hind  tibiaj  with  end  spurs  only 4 

Hind  tibiae  with  middle  spurs  also 6. 

4.  Fore  wings  with  one  accessory  cell 14.  Oymnocelis. 

Fore  wings  with  two  accessory  cells 5. 

5.  Fore  tibiae  clawed 8.  Scelidacantlin. 

Fore  tibiai  not  clawed 6.  Agia. 

6.  Fore  wings  with  one  accessory  ceil 7. 

Fore  wings  with  two  accessoiy  cells 18 

7.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate 8. 

Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 10. 

8.  Vestiture  of  wings  hairy 39.  Psychophora. 

.    Vestiture  of  wings  scaly 9. 

9.  Palpi  moderate,  scarcely  beyond  head 17.  Venusia. 

Palpi  long,  much  beyond  head 43.  liO.vifidonia. 

10.  Hind  wings  of   %,  with  lobe  at  base  on  inner  margin 5.  Philopsia. 

Hind  wings  of  %  without  lobe  at  base  on  inner  margin 11. 

11.  9  with  wings  partly  or  not  at  all  developed 12. 

9  with  wings  developed 13. 

12.  Segments  of  abdomen  spined 1.  Paleacrita. 

Segments  of  abdomen  not  spined 2.  Alsophila. 

13.  Clypeus  flat 14. 

Clypeus  more  or  less  rounded 15. 

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256  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

14.  Vestitui-e  of  wings  hairy,  thin 3.  Eudiile. 

Vestiture  of  wings  scaly,  normal 18.  £iicli(Bca. 

15.  Abdomen  with  all  segments  tufted  dorsally 16. 

Abdomen  not  with  all  segments  tufted  dorsally 17. 

16.  Fore  wings  11  anastomosing  with  12 13.  Chloroclystis, 

Fore  wings  11  separate  from  12 15.  Tephroclylis. 

17.  Palpi  long ;  antennpe  of  %  serrate 38.  Eurliino^ea. 

Palpi  moderate  ;  antennse  of   %  filiform 27.  Fleinyria. 

18.  Antennie  of   %  bipectinate 19. 

Antennse  of   %  not  bipectinate 22. 

19.  Fore  wings  with  hair  pencil  below  near  base 26.  9^eoIexiH. 

Fore  wings  without  hair  pencil  below  near  base 20. 

20.  Palpi  long -21. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short 42.  Xantli<»r]ioe. 

21.  Hind  wings  6  and  7  separate 24.  Phylace. 

Hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed 41.  Ersepliila. 

22.  Hind  wings  8  not  coalescing  with  cell,  but  joined  with  it  by  a  cross-vein  at 

middle  or  beyond,  at  least  in   % 23. 

Hind  wings  8  with  cell  to  middle  or  beyond 24. 

23.  Hind  wings  of   %,  with  vitreous  spot  on  inner  margin  above;  palpi  erect. 

10.  Maniiia. 
Hind  wings  without  vitreous  spot;  palpi  porrect. . .  -11.  IIeterophle|>s. 

24.  Fore  tibiae  clawed  at  end 25. 

Fore  tibiae  not  clawed  at  end 26. 

25.  Fore  wings  of   %  with  fold  and  pocket  on  inner  margin  beneath. 

4.  Eucestia. 
Fore  wings  of  %  without  fold  or  pocket 36.  ITIarmopteryx. 

26.  Hind  wings  of   %  with  pocket  or  fold  on  inner  margin 27. 

Hind  wings  of   %  without  pocket  or  fold  on  inner  margin 30. 

27.  Hind  wings  of  %  with  fold  forming  pocket 9.  CarMia. 

Hind  wings  of   %,  with  fold  only 28. 

28.  Hind  wings  of   %  with  fold  at  base,  with  hair  tuft  beneath 29. 

Hind  wings  of   %  with  fold  at  base,  without  hair  tuft  beneath. 

7.  Talledega. 

29.  Abdomen  of  %  with  lateral  tufts  at  end 20.  Cory pliista. 

Abdomen  of  %  without  lateral  tufts  at  end. 21.  Calucalpe. 

30.  Thorax  and  front  very  hairy 40.  Trichochlamys. 

Thorax  and  front  scaly 31. 

31.  Fore  wings  of   %  with  hair  pencil  below  near  base 25.  Eustroina. 

Fore  wings  of   %  without  hair  pencil  below  near  base 32. 

32.  Anal  claspers  of  %  large,  exserted 23.  Philereme. 

Anal  claspers  of  %  normal 33. 

33.  Front  flat 19.  Asthena. 

Front  more  or  less  rounded 34. 

34.  Hind  wings  3  and  4  stemmed 12.  Nyoterosea. 

Hind  wings  3  and  4  separate 35. 

35.  Thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  very  closely  short  scaled -35.  Melaiioptiion. 
Thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  normal .36. 

36.  All  segments  of  abdomen  tufted  dorsally 16.  Eiicyiiiatoge. 

One  or  two  basal  or  generally  no  segments  of  the  abdomen  tufted 37. 


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37.  Antennie  of  %  serrate 38. 

Antennse  of   %  not  serrate 39. 

38.  Anteniife  of  %  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each  segment- .37.  Gy|>»ooliroa. 
Antennte  of   %  ciliate 29.  Eiiclior ia. 

39.  All  wings  scalloped  on  outer  margins 33.  TripliosH. 

All  wings  even,  or  hind  wings  only  wavy. 40. 

40.  Antennse  of  %  flattened 41. 

Antennae  of  %  not  flattened 42. 

41.  Thorax  tufted  posteriorly 32.  Hydrioineiia. 

Thorax  not  tufted  posteriorly 34.  I'oeiiocalpe. 

42.  Antennse  of  %  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each  segment. 

.30.  Perciioptilota. 
Antennse  of  %  ciliate 31.  MesoleiiCM. 

1.  PAIiEAORITA  Riley. 
Trans.  Acad.  Sci.  St.  Louis,  iii,  273.  1875. 

Type  vernata  Harr. 

Tongue  wanting ;  palpi  very  short ;  clypeus  very  broad,  untufted, 
scaled ;  antennae  of  %  with  segments  swollen,  obtusely  or  bluntly 
dentate,  with  a  fascicle  of  hairs  on  each  protuberance ;  those  of  9 
ciliate  filiform ;  thorax  of  S  with  low  posterior  tuft,  9  untufted. 
Abdomen  untufted,  in  both  sexes  with  segments  armed  with  two 
rows  of  spines  turned  backward,  somewhat  curved.  In  9  thorax 
and  abdomen  enlarged,  scarcely  separated,  somewhat  vermiform  ;  fore 
tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  of  1 
12  veins,  vein  1  with  long  furcation  at  base,  discal  cell  long,  G  widely 
separate  from  7,  10  and  11  from  cell,  accessory  cell  large;  hind 
wings  8  veins,  3  widely  separate  from  4,  5  much  nearer  4  than  mid- 
dle of  cell  being  in  this  respect  quite  noctuiform,  6  and  7  separate, 
8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond  middle  ;  9  wingless  ;  larva  with 
10  legs. 

The  genus  is  remarkable  for  the  spinulation  of  the  abdomen  in 
which  respect  it  agrees  with  only  one  or  two  genera  in  the  Ennominge. 
It  is  closely  allied  to  Almphila  Hiib. 
rSpecies. — P.  vernata  Harr. 

2.  AL.SOPHILA  Hub. 
Verz.  320,  1818. 

Type  wscularia  Schif. 
Aninopteryx  Steph.,  Cat.  116,  1829,  type  sescularin  Schif. 
Palpi  very  short,  slender ;  tongue  wanting  ;  front  broad,  smooth  ; 
antennae  subdentate,  with  a  fascicle  of  hairs  on  summit  of  each  den- 
tation ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted,  in  9  closely  joined  somev.'hat 

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258  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

vermiform;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  of  S  12  veins, 
two  strong  inner  veins,  3  and  4  widely  separate,  cell  large ;  hind 
wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  widely  separate.  5  at  middle  of  cell,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle ;  wings  of  9  nearly  or  quite 
wanting ;  larva  12  legs. 

Mr.  Meyrick  calls  this  genus  Erannis  Hiib.,  but  it  seems  to  me 
incorrectly.  Hiibner's  genus  Erannis  has  four  species  under  it, 
three  of  which,  and  these  are  the  first  in  order,  are  congeneric,  and 
therefore  typical  of  the  genus,  and  there  can  be  no  question  this  was 
his  intention.  Defoliaria  is  the  type  species ;  another  genus  of  Hiib- 
ner,  Alsopkila,  has  as  its  type  cescularia  Schif.,  and  this  is  congeneric 
with  the  fourth  species  under  Erannis.  There  can  be  no  doubt  as 
to  the  application  and  limitations  of  the  two  terms.  Latreille  ap- 
plied the  name  Hijbernia  to  Hiibner's  Erannis,  but  it  is  a  synonym 
only.  Stephens,  in  his  catalogue  of  British  insects,  applied  Erannis 
to  that  to  which  Hiibner  gave  the  name  Alsophila,  and  this  has 
made  confusion.  But  both  of  Hiibner's  genera  must  stand  as  there 
is  no  doubt  concerning  his  meaning,  Hyhernia  Latr.  being  a  synonym 
of  Erannis  and  Anisopteryx  Steph.  being  a  synonym  of  Alsophila. 

I  cannot  agree  with  Mr.  Meyrick  in  his  reference  of  this  genus  to 
the  Monocteniinse.  The  most  characteristic  venation  is  the  merging 
of  vein  8  of  hind  wings  with  the  cell.  If  this  is  to  be  ignored,  the 
lack  of  the  accessory  cell  would  be  no  more  reason  why  it  should  be 
placed  with  the  Monocteniinse  than  with  the  Ennominse.  If  its  place 
be  not  here,  as  I  have  no  doubt  it  is,  then  in  view  of  its  various  re- 
semblances to  Erannis  in  Hiibner's  sense,  it  ought  to  go  with  the 
Ennomiinse. 

/  Species. — A.  pometaria  Peck. 

3.  EUI>rL,E  Hub. 
Zutr.  ii,  p.  14.  n.  127. 

Amerhi  Walk.,  C.  B.  M.  pt.  2,  554. 

Euphanessa  Pack.,  Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Phil,  iii,  102.       Type  mendica  Wlk. 

Palpi  short,  slender,  long  haired  below  ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 
flat,  smooth ;  antennae  of  %  closely  filiform.  Abdomen  slightly 
tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs.  Wings  broad,  even,  semi- 
hyaline,  vestiture  thin  and  hairy  ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory 
cell  very  large,  6  stemmed  with  7,  8,  9  and  10  from  a  point,  or  nearly 
so ;  hind  wings  8  veins  3  and  4  widely  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8 
with  cell  nearly  its  whole  length. 


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Species. — E.  mendica  Walk. 

E.  meridiana  Slosson. 
E.  unicolor  Robs. 
E.  texana  French. 

4.  EUC'ESTIA  Hiib. 

Verz.  32-2.  1818. 

Type  sparfiata  Fuesl. 

Lithostege  Hiib.,  Verz.  337.  1818,  type  dupUcata  Hiib. 
Aplocera  Steph.,  Cat.  141,  1829,  type  plagiata  L. 
Anaitis  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  350,  1829,  type  plaginf a  L. 
Chenias  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  497,  1829,  type  spartiuta  Fues. 

Palpi  moderate,  heavily  scaled,  porrect ;  clypeus  rounded,  promi- 
nent ;  antennae  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ; 
fore  tibiae  with  a  stout  claw,  tibiae  short,  stout ;  hind  tibiae  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  and  7  stemmed; 
hind  wing  8  with  cell  more  than  half  its  length  ;  in  the  %  there  is 
a  transparent  fovea  near  base  along  inner  margin  beneath,  bordered 
by  a  membraneous  ridge  forming  a  sort  of  pocket. 
Species. — E,  rotundata  Pack. 

5.  PHIL,OI»SIA  n. -eu. 
Type  nivigerata  Walk. 

Palpi  short,  somewhat  drooping  ;  front  flattened,  smooth  ;  antennae 
flattened,  simple,  minutely  pubescent ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ; 
fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  12  veins, 
one  accessory  cell,  6  short  stemmed  with  7  ;  hind  wings  8  with  cell 
more  than  half  its  length,  the  wings  in  %  with  a  lobe  at  base  along 
inner  margin  ;  this  lobe  joined  at  base  is  separate  from  the  main 
wing  towards  its  end,  and  3  and  4  are  widely  separate,  as  are  6  and 
7  ;  in   9  3  is  close  to  4,  6  and  7  separate. 

Ditters  from  Trichopteryx  Hiib.  in  having  only  one  accessory  cell, 
and  in  the  fact  that  it  has  two  pairs  of  spurs  on  hind  tibiae.     In  the 
former  respect  it  also  diflers  from  Lobophora  Curt. 
Species. — P.  nivigerata  Wlk.  (inaequaliata  Pk.) 

6.  AGIA  n.  gen. 
Type  eboratu  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending ;  front  smooth  ;  antennae  filiform,  ciliate 
in  both  sexes  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibiie  unarmed ; 
hind  tibiae  with  end  spurs  only,  and  in  %  with  hair  pencil ;  fore 
wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  G  and  7  stemmed  ;  hind  wings  8 

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2fi0  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

with  cell  to  beyond  middle,  6  separate  from  7  ;  in  l,  there  is  a  folded 
lobe  at  base  on  inner  margin  above  ;  frenulum  present. 

Very  close  to  Nydobia,  ditiering  mostly  in  the  presence  of  the 
frenulum.  It  is  separated  from  LohojjJiora  in  having  only  one  pair 
of  spurs  on  hind  tibiae  of  %  .  From  Tallederja  it  differs  in  having 
a  hair  pencil  on  hind  tibiae  of  %  . 

Species. — A.  eborata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

A.  eb4»ra.ta  n.  sp. — Expands  25  mm.  Palpi  long,  slender,  drooping,  black, 
a  few  white  scales  on  extreme  tip;  front  fuscons  gray;  thorax  ocher  fuscous, 
bitufted  posteriorly  on  each  side  dorsum,  each  tuft  black  in  front.  Al)d()men 
l)h(ckisli  gray,  interlined,  the  first  segment  nearly  black;  fore  wings  wliitish 
ocher,  a  black  basal  line  anguiated  at  cell;  a  broad  median  blackish  band  con- 
sisting of  black  scales  irregularly  mixed  with  scales  of  ground  color,  somewhat 
definitely  limited  on  either  side  by  black  lines  which  are  not  continuous;  inner 
line  dentate,  marked  outwardly  with  jet-black  dashes  on  veins;  outer  line  scal- 
loped, marked  inwardly  by  jet-black  dashes  on  veins,  separated  from  correspond- 
ing dashes  of  median  line  by  a  central  cross-line  of  ground  color  not  sharply 
defined  ;  the  ground  color  divides  the  outer  line  at  base  of  veins  3  and  4.  forming 
a  deep  narrow  sinus:  the  ground  color  also  prevails  narrowly  behind  subcostal 
vein  :  two  submarginal  lines  of  black  dots  one  on  each  vein,  the  whole  space 
clouded  with  blackish  scales;  hind  wings  even  fuscous,  with  a  faint  extra  discal 
darker  line,  edged  outwardly  with  lighter  fuscous ;  beneath  fuscous,  somewhat 
clouded,  an  outer  lighter  band  parallel  with  margin  showing  on  fore  wings,  and 
an  extra  discal  darker  band  showing  on  hind  wings. 

Mitchell  County,  North  Carolina,  July,  from  Mr.  Philip  Laurent. 

7.  T.4L,I.EDEGA.  n.  gen. 
Type  montanata  Pack. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  or  drooping  ;  front  flat,  short  scaled  ;  antennae 
tiliform  })ubescent;  thorax  untufted.  Abdomen  with  slight  tufts  on 
segments ;  fore  tibite  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs, 
without  hair  pencil ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6 
scarcely  stemmed  with  7  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  the  inner  margin  in 
the  £  being  folded  over  above,  and  this  fold  separated  from  wing 
to  base  forming  thus  a  detached  piece  over  the  posterior  part  of  the 
wing ;  venation  consequently  distorted  ;  8  joined  near  base  to  cell, 
and  coincident  to  beyond  middle. 

Very  like  Lobophora  Curt.,  differing  in  the  absence  of  hair  pencil 
on  hind  tibiae  of  S  . 

Species. —  T.  montanata  Pack. 

T.  tabulata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

T.  tHbiilnta  n.  sp. — Expands  28  mm.  About  the  size,  and  wings  about  the 
shape  of  T.  montauata  Pack.,  to  which,  in  appearance,  it  is  closely  related  ;  palpi, 
head  and  thorax  blackish  gray.     Abdomen  more  fuscous ;  fore  wings  of  a  light 


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dear  gray,  peppered  with  black  atoms  basally  and  aloug  costa;  three  subquadrate 
blackish  costal  blotches  not  sharply  defined,  basal,  central  and  outwardly  in  the 
places  corresponding  to  the  cross-lines  of  L.  monlanata  :  these  are  not  followed  by 
any  indications  of  cross-lines  or  of  rows  of  spots  across  the  wings;  discal  spots 
large,  black,  distinct,  lengthened  as  in  L.  montantda ;  hind  wings  even,  glistening 
white,  with  dark  discal  spots;  beneath  light  bright  gray,  the  markings  of  the 
fore  wings  faintly  showing. 

Alert  Island,  Alaska.  Differing  from  T.  montanata  mostly  in  the 
decided  difference  of  the  ground  color,  the  lack  of  black  dots  on  the 
veins  of  fore  wings,  and  the  lack  of  the  lines  or  rows  of  dots  across 
the  fore  wings.  The  lobe  on  the  hind  wings  of  the  %  is  also  some- 
what different  in  structure. 

8.  SCELIDACAIVTHA  n.  gen. 
Type  triseriata  Pack. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  ascending,  heavily  scaled  ;  clypeus  scale 
tufted,  rounded,  projected  forward  below ;  antenna?  simple,  flattened, 
finely  and  evenly  pubescent  below ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ; 
fore  tibipe  short,  armed  at  end  with  prominent  claw  ;  hind  tibiae  with 
one  pair  of  spurs;  fore  wings  two  accessory  cells,  12  veins,  6  short 
i^temmed  with  7;  hind  wings  vein  1  wanting,  its  place  being  taken 
by  a  basal  lobe  beneath,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  start- 
ing wide  from  cell,  joining  it  one-third  out,  then  coincident  with  it 
nearly  to  end. 

Differs  fi-om  Eucedia  Hiib.  in  having  one  pair  of  spurs  on  hind 
tibiae. 

Species. — S.  trUeriata  Pack. 
S.  virglnata  Graef. 

9.  CARSIA  Hiib. 
Verz.  336,  1818. 

Type  palndata  Thun. 

Larixsa  Curt.,  Brit.  Ent.  vii,  324,  1830,  type  paludatn  Thun. 
-    Celma  Steph.,  Ills,  iii,  242,  1831,  type  paludata  Thun. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect ;  front  somewhat  prominent ;  antennae 
filiform,  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  fore 
tibiae  unarmed;  hind  tibife  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two 
accessory  cells ;  hind  wings  with  cell  to  beyond  middle ;  in  Z  with 
a  transparent  fovea  near  base  along  inner  margin,  bordered  with  a 
membraneous  ridge  forming  a  pocket,  6  and  7  stemmed. 
Species. —  C.  palndata  Thun. 

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262  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

10.  STAMMIA  n.  gen. 
Type  refusnfa  Wlk. 

Palpi  erect ;  front  flat,  short  scaled  ;  antennae  in  S  fasciculate 
pubescent ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  wings  broad,  rounded, 
12  veins,  two  accessory  cells  ;  hind  wings  8  joined  with  cell  by  cross- 
vein  beyond  middle  in  both  sexes,  6  and  7  stemmed  ;  in  S  there  is 
a  fovea  beneath  along  inner  margin,  about  one-thiixl  out  from  base ; 
fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs  and  without  hair 
pencil. 

Near  Heterophleps  H.-Sch.,  but  sufficiently  distinct  in  the  erect 
palpi  and  the  presence  of  the  fovea  in  hind  wings  of  S  . 
Species. — N.  refusata  Wlk.  (harveiata  Pk.) 
N.  moremata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

ST.  moreiisata  n.  sp. — Exxiands  30  mm.  Palpi  and  front  dark  sordid  fus- 
cous; antennse  a  little  lighter;  thorax  same  color  as  front,  but  with  ends  of 
patagije  lighter,  becoming  almost  dull  white  at  extremities.  Abdomen  dark  fus- 
cous, but  clearer  in  color,  segments  edged  with  somewhat  light  color;  fore  wings 
sordid  fuscous,  unevenly  and  irregularly  broken  with  lighter  shadings,  which  can 
be  traced  as  indistinct  indeterminate  broadish  cross-lines,  the  outer  one  most 
apparent,  yet  very  indeterminate,  well  out  towards  the  margin  and  parallel  with 
the  outer  edge  of  the  wing;  marginal  space  and  base  more  solidly  of  the  ground 
color;  fringe  of  the  color  of  the  outer  part  of  the  wing  at  base  becoming  wliitish 
at  outside;  hind  wings  a  little  lighter  than  fore  wings,  of  the  same  obscure, 
somewhat  broken  fuscous,  somewhat  darker  outwardly,  with  a  darker  marginal 
line ;  fringes  as  on  fore  wings ;  beneath  on  all  wings  lighter  and  clearer,  more 
even  in  color,  darker  outwardly,  with  the  extreme  edge  lighter  and  ochreous 
shaded,  this  color  showing  along  costa  and  on  apical  space  of  fore  wings. 

One   9  5  Wisconsin,  from  Mr.  F.  Rauterberg. 

11.  HETEROPHL.EPS  H.-Sch. 
Auseur.  Schmet.  p.  80,  1855. 

Type  triguttata  H.-Sch. 

Palpi  short,  fine,  porrect ;  tongue  strong ;  clyi>eus  fine  scaled, 
slightly  bulging ;  antennae  of  t  with  two  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each 
segment ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two 
accessory  cells,  6  sepai'ate  from  7  ;  hind  wings  %  6  veins,  1  and  2 
wanting,  6  widely  separate  from  7,  inner  margin  of  wing  with  the 
edge  folded  over  upwards  without  vitreous  fovea ;  in  9  8  veins,  (> 
and  7  close  together,  the  wings  without  fold  ;  in  both  sexes  8  not 
anastomosing  with  cell,  but  joined  beyond  middle  with  a  cross-vein. 
Species. — H.  triguttaria  H.-Sch. 


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12.  NYCTEROSEA  n.  geu. 
Type  brunneipennis  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  porrect  or  drooping ;  antennae  simple,  with 
fascicles  of  hairs  two  on  each  segment.  Abdomen  with  segments 
tufted.  Legs  rather  long,  hind  tibia)  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore 
wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  short  stemmed  with  7  ;  hind 
wings  small,  8  veins,  cell  rather  short,  3  and  4  stemmed,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  with  cell  nearly  its  whole  length. 
Species. — iV.  bruniieipennis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

]V.  briiniieipennis  n.  sp. — Expands  27  mm.  Palpi,  head  and  antennse 
fuscous  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  ochreous  fuscous,  the  ochreous  tint  more  decided 
on  tlie  abdomen  ;  fore  wings  ochreous  brown  crossed  by  a  number  of  mostly  sub- 
parallel  wavy  cross-lines;  two  of  these  are  near  the  base,  another  about  one-third 
out.  and  following  this  on  middle  field  two  separate  at  costa  and  narrowing 
towards  inner  margin,  whose  undulations  are  opposite  to  each  other  ;  these  inclcse 
a  blackish  spot  irregular  in  outline,  extending  from  costa  to  below  submedian 
vein,  and  again  appears  in  a  rounded  blackish  spot  near  inner  margin  ;  after  two 
faint  scalloped  lines  is  one  darker,  more  sharply  outlined,  the  line  being  more 
emphasized  below  middle,  and  there  at  veins  3,  4  and  5  followed  by  faint  whitish 
spots;  the  brown  of  the  wings  is  also  more  decided  in  this  part  of  the  wings; 
faint  marginal  shadings  with  a  blackish  subapical  cloud  running  inwardly  and 
posteriorly,  this  having  on  its  outer  margin  two  or  three  faint  whitish  spots ; 
hind  wings  concolorous  with  fore  wings,  but  lighter  anteriorly  and  basally,  with 
two  faint  blackish  middle  cross-lines:  another  still  further  out  edged  with  whitish, 
and  a  row  of  faint  whitish  spots  in  the  brownish  subniarginal  space;  a  marginal 
broken  black  line  on  all  wings;  beneath  very  much  as  above,  but  the  central 
cloud  of  fore  wings  wanting  and  the  cross-lines  more  indistinct  or  lost  altogether, 
except  the  outer  central  one  on  both  wings. 

One  S  ,  Alameda  County,  California.  By  Dr.  C.  V.  Riley  from 
the  U.  S.  Museum  collection. 

13.  CHLOROCXYSTIS  Hub. 
Verz.  323,  1818. 

Type  coronatti  Hiih. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  with  short  tuft 
of  scales ;  antennse  of  %  filiform,  ciliate  ;  thorax  smooth.  Abdo- 
men with  tuft  dorsally  on  each  segment ;  hind  tibije  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs;  fore  wings  one  accessory  cell,  12  veins,  11  anastomosing 
with  12  ;  hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Differs  from  Tephroclydu  (EupUhecia)  in  that  vein  11  of  fore 
wings  coalesces  with  12. 

Species. —  C.  mconqncua  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

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264  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

C  incoiispicua  n.  sp. — Expands  22  mm.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  dull 
dark  fuscous,  fifth  segment  of  abdomen  with  black  tuft.  Wings  somewhat  ex- 
tended, hind  wings  scalloped  ;  fore  wings  with  basal  geminate  line  beginning  at 
costa  one-quarter  out,  and  ro".inding  to  inner  margin  at  base;  an  outer  heavier, 
geminate,  black  wavy  line  beginning  three-quarters  out,  running  to  inner  margin 
a  little  more  inwardly  than  line  of  outer  margin  of  wings,  its  largest  bend  being 
just  beyond  discal  spot,  which  is  round,  black,  distinct :  a  marginal  row  of  black 
dots;  hind  wings  with  two  faint  outer  lines;  marginal  line  black,  fine;  discal 
spot  almost  obsolete ;  beneath  fuscous  overlaid  with  a  powderingof  darker  fuscous 
scales. 

California.     I  have  the  9  only. 

14.  GYMKO€EL,IS  Mab. 
Ann.  Soc.  France,  p.  77,  1869. 

Type  pumilata  Hiib. 
Pasiphila  Meyr.,  Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  London,  pt.  3,  191,  1888,  type  lepta  Meyr. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect ;  antennae  of  $  filiform,  ciliate ;  tongue 
developed  ;  front  with  cone  of  scales ;  thorax  smooth.  Abdomen 
with  dorsal  tufts  on  each  .segment ;  hind  tibise  in  both  sexes  with  end 
pair  of  spurs  only;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  11  some- 
times anastomosing  with  12  ;  hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with 
cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Differs  from  Tephroclydis  in  that  there  is  but  one  pair  of  spurs  on 
the  hind  tibiie. 

Species. —  G.  inferior  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
G.  gypsata  Grt. 
G.  desperata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
G.  minuta  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

G.  inferior  n.  sp. — Expands  20  mm.  Palpi  rather  short,  stout,  dark  fus- 
cous; thorax  and  abdomen  dark  fuscous,  basal  segment  of  abdomen  blackish; 
fore  and  hind  wings  even  dark  fuscous  with  a  slight  brownish  tint ;  fore  wings 
with  a  basal  rounded  black  line,  a  geminate  discal  line  bent  sharply  at  and  in- 
cluding discal  spot,  with  an  inward  angle  at  submedian  vein,  then  with  another 
bend  around  to  margin,  an  extra  discal  line  beginning  at  costa, just  beyond  discal 
spot,  making  an  angle  a  little  less  than  a  right  angle  beyond  discal  .spot,  thence 
in  a  straight  line  to  inner  margin  ;  an  outer  submarginal  shade  :  hind  wings  with 
two  faint  extra  discal,  dark,  rounded  lines ;  discal  spots  dark,  not  distinct ;  mar- 
ginal lines  broken,  black;  beneath  even  dark  smoky  fuscous,  the  hind  wings 
showing  somewhat  darker  on  basal  half. 

California.     From  Hy.  Edwards. 

G.  desperata  n.  sp. — Expands  17-19  mm.  Palpi  medium  long,  heavy, 
blackish  ;  front  dark  gray,  black  below,  conical  tufted  ;  thorax  black  ))y  collar, 
otherwise  light  gray.  Abdomen  gray,  second  basal  segment  blackish  ;  fore  wings 
whitish,  costal  edge  blackish,  more  pronounced  at  beginning  of  cross-lines ;  two 


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subobsolete  basal  lines  :  an  even,  broad,  black  line  reaching  from  costa  outward 
nearly  to  discal  spot,  then  turning  back  at  an  angle  a  little  more  acute  than  a 
right  angle,  straight  to  inner  margin  ;  a  faint  line  bending  just  beyond  and 
around  discal  spot;  an  outer  well-marked  black  line;  outer  space  broken,  dark 
fuscous;  hind  wings  with  black  band  of  fore  wings  extended  close  to  base  across 
the  wing  meeting  the  black  second  segment  of  abdomen  ;  outer  lines  also  present 
to  correspond  with  fore  wings;  all  discal  spots  and  marginal  lines  distinct  bla(!k  ; 
beneath  more  fuscous,  the  middle  band  absent,  the  outer  lines  showing. 

Blanco  County,  Texas,  October. 

G.  ininuta  n.  sp. — Expands  15-17  mm.  Palpi  rather  short,  quite  stout, 
dark  gray;  front  blackish  or  dark  gray  above  and  below,  white  in  middle; 
thorax  and  abdomen  light  gray,  the  latter  blackish  gray  on  second  segment;  fore 
wings  rather  extended,  light  gray  or  whitish,  darkened  with  bhiish  or  dark  fus- 
cous scales  showing  especially  on  outer  middle  and  marginal  spaces  forming 
between  them  a  light  cross-line,  often  indistinct,  forming  nearly  a  right  angle 
beyond  discal  spot  and  running  thence  straight  to  inner  margin  ;  marginal  line 
fine,  black  ;  discal  spot  black,  distinct;  hind  wings  whitish,  cross-lines  very  faintly 
indicated  a  little  darker  along  inner  margin  :  marginal  line  black ;  discal  spots 
not  very  distinct;  beneath  light  cinereous,  slightly  shaded  with  darker  color. 

Argus  Mountains,  California,  April.     From  Dr.  C.  V.  Riley. 

15.  TEPHROCIiYSTIS  Hiib. 
Verz.  323,  1818. 

Type  pimllata  Fab. 

Dyscymatoge  Hiib.,  Verz.  324.  1818,  type  innotata  Hiifn. 
Tarachia  Hiib.,  Verz.  324,  1818,  type  castigata  Hiib. 
Arcyonia  Hiib.,  Verz.  335,  1818,  type  venosata  Fab. 
Leucocora  Hiib.,  Verz.  325,  1818,  type  succenturiata  L. 
Eiipithecia  Curt.,  Brit.  Ent.  ii,  64,  1825,  type  linariata  Fab. 

Palpi  short  to  long,  slender  to  heavy,  porrect  or  drooping ;  front 
not  strongly  tufted  ;  antennte  filiform,  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax 
untufted.  Abdomen  with  tuft  on  each  segment  dorsally  ;  fore  tibiae 
unarmed,  hind  tibije  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  acces- 
sory cells ;  hind  wings  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle,  (i  and  7  separate 
or  stemmed. 

A  large  genus  as  defined,  consisting  mostly  of  small  species.  The 
species  so  gradually  merge  into  one  another  in  structure,  and  are  so 
largely  midway  between  the  extremes  that  I  have  not  attem})ted  any 
closer  limitations,  and  so  do  not  give  a  more  exact  generic  diagnosis. 

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Species : — 

T.  misturata  Hiilst,  n.  sp. 
T.  nebulosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  scriptaria  H.-Sch. 
T.  implicata  Wlk. 
T.  Inteata  Pack. 
T.  hyperhoreata  Stgr. 
T.  edna  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  ornata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  misenilata  Gi't. 
T.  inferrupto-fasciata  Pack. 
T.  leucata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  inornata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  albicapitata  Pack. 
T.  rotundopennata  Pack. 
T.  annulata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  flavigiitta  Hulst.  n.  sp. 
T.  coJoradensis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  sierrse  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  cretata  Hulst.  n.  sp. 
T.  ahsynthiata  L. 


T.  fumosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  longipalpata  Pack. 
T.  msestosa  Hulst.  n.  sp. 
T.  nimbicolor  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  zi/gsedenata  Pack. 
T.  nimbotia  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  longidens  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  multisffigdfa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
/T7multiscnpfa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  stellata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  ob.icnrior  Hulst.  n.  sp. 
T  biviftala  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  behrensata  Pack. 
T.  uuicolor  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  snbapicata  Guen. 
T.  cestata  Hulst.n.  sp. 
T.  nevadata  Pack. 
T.  implorata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
T.  raveocostaliata  Pack. 


T.  misturata  n.  sp.— Expands  16-18  mm.  Palpi  medium  long,  rather 
heavy,  dark  fuscous;  front,  thorax  and  abdomen  fuscous  gray;  fore  wings  rather 
narrow,  dark  fuscous  gray ;  an  indistinct  blackish  rounded  band  within  discal 
spot,  and  a  faint  blackish  line  rounded  beyond  it,  this  sometimes  showing  in 
blackish  spots  only  on  veins;  discal  spots  black,  distinct;  hind  wings  a  little 
lighter  than  fore  wings,  darker  outwardly,  a  faint  dark  line  beyond  discal  spot 
and  another  submarginally  ;  beneath  dark  fuscous,  the  outer  lines  showing  on 
all  wings,  the  basal  lines  of  fore  wings  showing  by  spots  on  costa. 

Soda  Springs,  California,  in  August  and  September,  from  Dr. 
Behrens ;  also  from  Hot  Springs,  New  Mexico,  in  September. 

T.  nebulONa  n.  sp. — Expands  18  mm.  Palpi  with  black  and  fuscous  scales 
intermixed  ;  thorax  dark  fuscous.  Abdomen  blackish,  interlined  with  blackish 
gray;  fore  wings  rather  narrow,  rounded  at  apex,  dark  fuscous  gray,  slightly 
frosted,  with  very  faint  indications  of  cross-lines  on  median  field,  a  faint,  slightly 
lighter  bent  band  beyond  discal  spot,  and  a  faint  whitish  marginal  line  showing 
mostly  in  a  lightening  of  the  veins;  hind  wings  color  of  fore  wings,  lighter 
basally,  inner  margin  checkered  with  beginnings  of  otherwise  obsolete  lines ; 
discal  spots  on  all  wings  distinct,  black,  rather  large ;  beneath  lighter  in  color, 
with  dark  cross-lines  quite  distinct,  especially  at  beginning  on  costa,  the  extra 
discal  forming  a  large  black  spot  on  costa ;  all  discal  spots  enlarged,  somewhat 
diffuse. 

New  York,  New  Jersey,  Texas.  The  Texas  specimens  taken  in 
April  and  May. 

T.  edna  n.  sp.— Expands  20-22  mm.  Palpi,  front,  thorax  and  abdomen 
clear  black,  slightly  mixed  with  gray  scales.     Wings  light  gray,  much  overlaid 


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with  blackish,  rounded,  with  inner  lig;hter  line;  the  band  is  broad,  rounded  at 
disc,  nearly  the  same  width  across  the  wing;  outer  space  blackish,  with  lighter 
included  scalloped  line  ;  marginal  line  black  ;  hind  wings  with  extra  discal  black 
line,  strongly  bent  beyond  discal  spot ;  outer  margin  blackish,  discal  spots  black, 
distinct  on  both  wings,  though  less  conspicuous  in  the  blackish  band  of  fore 
wings :  beneath  with  markings  above  shadowed  ;  hind  wings  white,  with  rounded 
black  line  beyond  disc  and  along  margin. 

Gleiiwood  Springs,  Colorado.  From  Dr.  Barnes,  taken  August 
18th  ;  also  from  Mr.  Bruce. 

T.  ornata  n.  sp. — Expands  18-22  mm.  Very  much  in  appearance  in  some 
specimens  as  T.  ednn  Hulst.  Palpi,  however,  very  long,  beak-like,  while  in 
edna  they  are  moderate;  outer  line  of  median  field  rounded,  wavy,  while  in 
edna  it  is  much  straighter;  middle  field  generally  not  strongly  marked  with 
black,  while  in  edna  it  is  strongly  marked  and  often  a  broad  black  band. 

The  two  species  both  vary  very  considerably  in  depth  of  color 
and  to  some  extent  in  the  direction  of  the  outer  lines,  but  are  easily 
distinguished  by  the  difference  in  the  length  of  the  palpi. 

Colorado,  Mr.  Bruce ;  also  from  Dr.  Barnes  from  Glenwood 
Springs,  Colorado ;  taken  in  August. 

T.  lencata  n.  sp. — Expands  20  mm.  Palpi  middling  long,  ocher  fuscous  • 
front  tufted,  clay-white:  thorax  and  abdomen  ocher  white,  with  a  considerable 
fuscous  stain;  all  wings  nearly  uniform  dull  white,  with  numerous  cross-lines, 
mostly  made  up  of  black  dots  on  veins,  these  showing  in  lengtliened  black  spots 
along  costa  of  fore  wings,  seven  or  eight  in  number,  three  being  much  larger 
and  more  distinct  than  the  others,  and  all  these  being  at  the  beginning  of  cross- 
lines  and  more  or  less  evident  across  the  wings;  discal  spot  of  fore  wings  black, 
distinct,  margin  with  an  ocher  tinge;  marginal  line  of  black  dashes;  beneath  as 
above,  but  less  distinct. 
Montana,  Colorado. 

T.  inornata  n.  sp. — Expands  17  mm.  Palpi  short,  slender,  fuscous:  front 
and  thorax  fuscous.  Abdomen  gray,  slightly  fuscous,  somewhat  ochreous  at  ex- 
tremity;  all  wings  somewhat  silvery  white;  fore  wings  shaded  with  fuscous  on 
basal  half  and  along  costa;  about  six  heavier  shadings  along  costa,  the  beginnings 
of  otherwise  obsolete  bands;  hind  wings  shaded  with  brown  fuscous  cloudings 
forming  indistinct  cross-bands;  discal  spots  wanting;  beneath  whitish,  both 
wings  shaded  with  fuscous  cloudings  and  the  costa  of  foi'e  wings  narrowly  black 
on  basal  third  ;  discal  spots  obsolete. 

Mitchell  County,  North  Carolina,  July  7th.     From  ]Mr.  Laurent. 

T.  aiinulata  n.  sp. — Expands  22  24  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  ochreous ;  thorax 
and  abdomeu  dark  fuscous;  fore  wings  fuscous  brown;  all  veins  brokenly  and 
finely  lined  with  black,  annulate,  heavier  on  the  inner  side;  outer  space  darker, 
enclosing  lighter  scalloped  line,  parallel  with  outer  margin;  hind  wings  light 
fuscous  at  base,  darker  towards  outer  margin,  anal  veins  slightly  lined  with 
black;  beneath  dark  fuscous,  with  brownish  tinge;  all  wings  darker  outwardly  ; 
discal  spots  distinct. 

Exact  locality  unknown,  but  probably  from  CaHforniu. 

TKANS.  AM.  KNT.  SOC.  XXII I.  AUGUST,    1896. 


268  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

T.  flavigutta  n.  sp. — Kxpands  24  mm.  Palpi  short,  blackish  ;  front  black- 
ish ;  front  of  thorax  blackish  ;  patagise  and  posterior  part  violet-ocher  to  violet. 
Al)domen  with  basal  segment  ochei'.  then  blackish.' at  extremity  becoming  violet- 
ocher.  Wings  rather  extended,  fuscous,  Hues  scarcely  evident,  except  double 
outer  line,  which  is  quite  clear,  rounded  beyond  discal  spot;  beyond  this  at  veins 
3  and  4  is  a  large  ocherous  spot  reaching  to  outer  margin,  and  above  this  an  ob- 
lique si)ot  of  sanae  color  running  somewhat  narrowly  from  about  vein  5  to  outer 
margin  just  below  apex,  both  spots  faintly  violet  shaded  ;  the  base  of  the  wing 
has  also  a  violet-ocher  color,  as  have  faintly  the  ends  of  the  veins  along  outer 
margin  ;  hind  wings  fuscous,  darker  outwardly;  all  discal  spots  black,  distinct; 
beneath  much  as  above,  without  ocher  or  violet  color,  more  leaden  :  hind  wings 
with  two  outer  rows  of  black  dots  on  veins. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  Bruce. 

T.  •I'oloradensis  n.  sp. — Expands  24-26  mm.  Palpi  and  front  dark  fus- 
cous; thorax  fuscous  anieriorly.  gray  posteriorly.  Abdomen  fuscous,  tufts  and 
last  segment  blacki.sh  ;  fore  wings  fuscous,  strongly  washed  with  ochreous  brown, 
especially  within  submarginal  space ;  a  rather  broad,  heavy,  dark,  rounded  line 
close  to  base,  a  broad  line  at  discal  spot,  distinct  at  costa  including  and  angulated 
at  discal  spot,  lost  before  reaching  inner  margin,  extra  discal  shadings  beyond 
fc)llowing  the  same  course,  the  ocher-brown  becoming  somewhat  reddish  brown 
near  marginal  space.  whi(!h  is  darkly  shaded,  broadest  at  apex  and  narrowing  to 
a  line  at  anal  angle;  marginal  line  black,  broken  at  veins;  hind  wings  fuscous 
gray,  faintly  shaded  in  darker  scalloped  lines,  the  outer  margin  somewhat 
rounded  in  beneath  anterior  angle  ;  beneath  more  indistinct  than  above  on  fore 
wings,  the  ocher  and  brown  nearly  lost,  the  hind  wings  light  gray  with  three 
quite  distinct  cross-lines,  intra  discal.  extra  discal  and  submarginal;  margin  of 
all  wings  blackish,  separated  by  veins. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  E.  L.  Graef. 

T.  sierrse  n.  sp.— Expands  24  mm.  Palpi  blackish  fuscous;  front  dark  fus- 
cous gray  ;  thorax  dark  fuscous,  with  a  yellowish  tinge  ;  fore  wings  fuscous  with 
scattered  black  scales,  with  ocher  shading  subcostally,  apically  and  within  outer 
line  on  middle  of  wing;  basal  line  wavy,  indeterminate,  consisting  apparently 
of  several  parallel  lines,  making  together  a  faint  band  much  darker  at  costa: 
costal  sjjace  blackish  fuscous,  broken,  darkest  basally ;  outer  line  showing  in  a 
lighter  broad  line  edged  on  both  sides  with  blackish  points  and  atoms,  angulated 
inwardly,  then  outwardly  below  costa,  then  parallel  with  outer  margin,  the 
blackish  edgings  being  much  emphasized  at  costa  making  a  blackish  patch ;  mar- 
ginal line  black  ;  fringe  interrupted,  blackish  ;  apex  blackish  :  hind  wings  fus- 
cous with  scattered  black  scales,  more  numerous  outwardly,  giving  darker  shading 
and  showing  shadowy  lines:  inner  margin  broken,  blackish  :  marginal  line  black  ; 
discal  spots  distinct,  black,  those  on  fore  wings  especially  so.  and  the  scales  some- 
what enlarged  and  raised  ;  beneath  as  above,  more  fuscous,  lines  fainter,  without 
ocher  shading. 

Colorado.  From  Mr.  Bruce.  Near  T.  cohnideiisis,  which  it 
much  resembles. 


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T.  cretata  n.  sp. — Expands  22  mm.  Palpi  gray,  short;  front  gray;  collar 
black  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  ocher-gray.  Wings  broad,  whitish,  overlaid  with 
fuscous,  the  lighter  color  showing  in  lines,  and  all  somewhat  washed  with  ochre- 
ons ;  the  basal  whitish  line  well  out,  wavy,  rounded  ;  two  blackish  wavy  lines  on 
median  field,  the  inner  passing  through  discal  spot:  an  outer  light  line,  evenly 
rounded  from  costa  to  vein  2,  then  bent  to  margin  ;  the  marginal  space  blackish, 
broadest  towards  apex;  discal  spots  black;  hind  wings  corresponding,  but  basal 
and  median  portions  lighter;  lines  very  indistinct,  discal  spots  not  strong;  be- 
neath as  above,  without  ochreous  tint,  and  the  dark  colors  more  lead  like. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  Bruce. 

T.  fuiuosa  u.  sp. — Expands  18-24  mm.  Of  a  uniform  even  dark  fuscous 
color,  the  cross-lines  of  the  wings  only  faintly,  if  at  all,  showing.  Wings  broad, 
rounded  ;  discal  spots  of  fore  wings  round,  large,  prominent,  black ;  four  black 
spots  on  costa  of  fore  wings,  each  one  the  beginning  of  a  fine  black  cross-line,  the 
two  outer  being  subparallel  and  just  beyond  discal  spot;  a  lighter  submarginal 
line,  indistinct,  somewhat  clearer  in  a  spot  at  anal  angle;  hind-wings  with  faint 
median  and  submarginal  lines:  beneath  color  as  above,  darker  in  median  and 
submarginal  bands  on  all  wings ;  very  close  in  appearance  to  duller  specimens 
of  T.  absynthinta  L.,  but  distinct  in  the  long,  almost  tufted  palpi. 

South  Abiiigton,  Mass.,  Brockport,  N.  Y. 

T.  maei^tosa  n.  sp. — Expands  24  mm.  Palpi  long,  somewhat  drooping, 
light  gray;  front  gray,  somewhat  tufted,  black  below:  thorax  dark  fuscous. 
Abdomen  nearly  black.  Wings  fuscous  gray,  overlaid  with  fuscous,  the  ground 
color  showing  in  the  cross-lines;  lines  many,  more  distinct  than  usual,  the  basal 
median  and  outer  showing  most  plainly;  the  basal  narrow,  running  out  from 
costa  to  subcostal  vein,  then  turning  back  at  a  right  angle  straight  to  inner  mar- 
gin just  out  from  base ;  the  median  of  the  same  shape,  passing  through  discal 
spot  and  reaching  inner  margin  one-half  out ;  the  outer  with  a  deep  rounded 
sinus  from  costa.  rounding  backward,  then  at  a  sharp  angle  turning  parallel  with 
outer  margin  to  inner  margin,  wavy  in  its  course  ;  hind  wings  with  a  double 
wavy  black  line  beyond  middle,  and  another  margined,  all  more  distinct  than 
usual;  discal  spots  of  fore  wings  large,  distinct,  black;  beneath  nearly  uniform 
dark  fuscous. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  Bruce. 

T.  iiiinbicolor  n.  sp. —  Expands  23  mm.  Palpi  of  moderate  length,  heavily 
haired,  blackish,  with  gray  at  end  of  longer  scales:  front  blackish;  antennae 
dull  fuscous;  thorax  and  abdomen  lilackish  gray,  the  abdomen  interlined  with 
black.  Wings  very  uniform  blackish  fuscous,  blackish  cross-lines  very  faintly 
showing,  the  costa  and  outer  margin  of  fore  wings  being  somewhat  darker  than 
rest  of  wing;  hind  wings  uniform,  all  wings  with  marginal  black  line  evident; 
beneath  very  much  as  above. 

Calgarry,  Canada.     From  Mr.  Wolley-Dod. 

T.  ninibosa  n.  sp. — Expands  24-26  mm.  Palpi  short,  not  heavy,  light  fus- 
cous to  fuscous;  thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  light  fuscous,  the  fore  wings  and 
hind  wings  outwardly  with  shadings  of  dark  fuscous;  fore  wings  with  fine 
blackish  basal  line,  a  fine  intra  discal   line  and  a  corresponding  geminate  line 

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270  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T, 

enclosing  slightly  lighter  color  beyond,  bending  around  discal  spot,  and  somewhat 
angulated  below  costa,  an  outer  corresponding  geminate  line  subparallel,  reaching 
inner  mai'gin  just  within  angle;  a  submarginal  waved  line  not  very  distinct ; 
discal  spots  distinct,  black;  hind  wings  with  indications  of  lines  along  inner 
margin,  sometimes  in  part  showing  across  wing. 

Arizona,  California,  the  latter  taken  in  July. 

T.  longidens  n.  sp. — Expands  22-24  mm.  An  insect  of  the  size  and  very 
much  the  appearance  of  T.  multisirigata.  The  palpi,  however,  are  long,  reaching 
far  beyond  the  head,  and  the  fore  wings  have  the  middle  black  line  running 
from  costa  out  to  discal  spot,  there  turning  at  an  abrupt  angle  backward  and  run- 
ning in  nearly  a  straight  line  back  to  inner  margin  just  beyond  base ;  the  discal 
spots  are  prominent,  black  ;  the  hind  wings  have  an  extra  discal  distinct  median 
line,  rather  evenly  rounded,  and  followed  by  another  submarginal,  and  still 
another  marginal :  beneath  the  wings  are  more  distinctly  marked  in  dark  bands 
than  usual,  the  rounded  intra  discal,  extra  discal  and  marginal  bauds  standing 
out  clearly  on  all  wings,  with  distinct  black,  rather  large  discal  spots. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  Bruce. 

T.  multistrigata  n.  sp. — Expands  24  mm.  Palpi  small,  gray  ;  front,  tho- 
rax and  abdomen  light  gray,  the  latter  with  a  lateral  black  line,  the  segments 
interlined  with  blackish,  except  on  dorsum ;  fore  wings  light  cinereous,  marked 
over  with  blackish  scales;  a  faint  geminate  basal  cross-line,  another  intra  discal, 
a  third  extra  discal  with  strong  angle  beyond  discal  spot;  outer  geminate  line 
with  a  sharp  angle  inward  at  cell,  then  turned  ba<'k  at  a  sharp  angle  at  vein  6, 
thence  nearly  straight  to  inner  margin  ,  outer  submarginal  fine  whitish  line  fol- 
lowing the  same  course,  but  with  a  sharp  inter  angle  just  before  reaching  inner 
margin  ;  discal  spots  nearly  or  quite  obsolete,  showing  clearly  in  a  white  border- 
ing lunule;  hind  wings  light  cinereous,  darker,  with  black  scales  outwardly  and 
along  inner  margin  with  beginnings  of  two  geminate  cros.=-lines;  discal  spots 
obsolete;  marginal  lines  of  black  dashes,  almost  or  quite  continuous  in  places; 
beneath  reproducing  the  lines  above  more  indistinctly. 

Glen  wood  Springs,  Colorado,  August  18.     From  Mr.  Barnes. 

T.  luultiscripta  n.  sp. — Expands  34  mm.  An  insect  very  much  in  ap- 
pearance like  T.  muliistrigata,  differing  among  other  things  as  follows:  The  insect 
is  much  larger,  and  is  as  large  as  any  American  species ;  the  palpi  are  considerably 
longer;  the  body  is  less  sharply  checkered  with  black  and  gray ;  the  lines  of  the 
wings  are  genei-ally  more  sharply  distinct,  the  submarginal  line  being  without 
the  pronuneut  inner  dentation  near  anal  angle;  the  fore  wings  are  more  pointed, 
and  the  hind  wings  less  evenly  rounded,  in  this  species  the  anal  angle  being 
quite  well  marked,  and  the  outer  margin  being  slightly  bent  in  before  it. 

Colorado.  From  Mr.  Bruce  and  Dr.  Barnes,  the  specimens  of  the 
latter  taken  in  May. 

T.  stellata  n.  sp. — Expands  24  mm.  Palpi,  thorax  and  abdomen  dark  fus- 
cous, the  latter  with  dull  reddish  spots  dorsally,  one  on  eac^h  segment;  fore  wings 
reddish  brown,  basal  space  along  costa  to  cell  black,  ending  outwardly  in  a  black 
angulate  cross-line  ;  a  middle  tield  of  black  covering  discal  spot  broad  at  costa, 


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rapi.lly  convergins;  to  behind  cell,  then  continued  narrowly  almost  brokenly  to 
vein  1,  then  broadening  to  inner  margin  ;  on  costa  the  shape  to  narrowest  part  is 
triangular,  and  on  inner  margin  subtriangular :  faintly  lighter  lines  on  each  side 
the  blackish  space,  a  wavy  submarginal  lighter  line ;  hind  wings  fuscous,  lighter 
at  middle  and  base,  irregularly  clouded  outwardly  and  along  inner  margin  ;  be- 
neath as  above,  but  more  indistinct,  the  costa  of  fore  wings  being  black  from  base 
to  beyond  middle  field. 

Colorado. 

T.  obscurior  n.  sp. — Expands  26-30  mm.  Palpi,  thorax  and  abdomen  fus- 
cous black  ;  palpi  short,  slender;  fore  wings  blackish  fuscous  or  brownish,  tinted 
with  faint  geminate  lines;  outer  line  more  distinct,  especially  at  costa,  sometimes 
light  across  the  wing :  it  turns  at  nearly  a  right  angle  outward  at  cell,  then  rounds 
opposite  discal  spot  in  nearly  a  straight  line  to  inner  margin  ;  the  submedian  is 
black  lined  from  base  to  middle;  the  submarginal  line  is  very  faint;  hind  wings 
with  blackish  marginal  space  and  broken  blackish  inner  margin  ;  beneath  nearly 
even  blackish  fuscous,  with  black  spots  along  costa. 

California,  Colorado. 

T,  bivittata.  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  ocher  fuscous;  thorax,  clypeus 
and  abdomen  dark  fuscous;  fore  wings  rather  dark  fuscous,  slightly  ocher  tinged, 
unicolorous  or  faintly  mottled,  being  slightly  darker  on  veins,  the  indications  of 
obsolete  cross-lines;  discal  spots  distinct,  black,  round;  a  whitish  longitudinal 
dash  on  both  sides  ;  two  outer  marginal  lighter  lines  very  faint,  running  parallel 
with  outer  margin  continuing  to  costa  just  within  apex;  hind  wings  light  fus- 
cous at  base,  darker  outwardly  and  along  inner  margin,  a  number  of  dark  lines 
soon  obsolete  showing  along  inner  margin  ;  marginal  lines  in  both  wings  black  ; 
beneath  as  above,  less  uniform,  a  dark  outer  line  showing  on  fore  wings  rounded 
somewhat  at  costa;  hind  wings  with  faint  outer  cross-line;  marginal  lines  black  ; 
discal  spots  distinct  on  all  wings. 

Mendocino,  Cal.,  June. 

T.  unicolor  n.  sp. — Expands  26-28  mm.  Palpi  fuscous ;  head,  thorax  and 
abdomen  fuscous,  with  a  violet-red  tinge;  all  wings  of  same  color,  evenly  frosted  : 
fore  wings  with  a  blackish  basal  line  making  a  right  angle  at  cell ;  an  interdiscal 
line  corresponding  in  color  and  direction,  a  little  more  distinct ;  a  corresponding 
outer  line  with  a  deep  outer  sinus  beyond  discal  spot,  these  two  outer  lines  con- 
tinued on  hind  wings;  discal  spots  of  all  wings  black,  not  very  distinct;  beneath 
light  fuscous,  discal  spots  and  outer  line  showing  more  broadly  than  above. 

Colorado  and  California. 

T.  cestata  n.  sp.  —Expanse  28-30  mm.  Palpi  blackish  or  dark  gray  whitish 
at  end ;  face  black  below,  whitish  above ;  thorax  gray  or  whitish.  Abdomen 
dark  fuscous,  intermixed  with  gray  scales  and  ringed  with  lighter  color;  fore 
wings  light  gray,  overlaid  on  all  edges  with  fuscous  black,  sometimes  with  a 
brownish  tinge  :  this  color  following  the  costa  from  base,  becoming  a  large  trian- 
gular spot  at  discal  point  and  enlarging  to  another  smaller  triangular  spot  near 
apex  ;  on  outer  margin  it  is  obsolete  below  apex,  then  at  middle  becomes  a  large 
rounded  spot,  with  another  at  anal  angle,  these  sometimes  continuously  joined  as 

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272  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

a  raarginal  hand  ;  the  dark  color  is  hroad  along  inner  margin,  especially  centrally, 
almost  reaching  the  costal  triangle;  discal  spots  black,  linear;  hind  wings  gray, 
overlaid  outwardly  with  blackish,  and  along  inner  margin  to  base;  beneath 
ground  color  as  above,  and  with  much  the  same  dark  markings,  except  along 
inner  margin  of  fore  wings. 

California,  very  much  like  T.  nevadata  Pack.,  differing  principally 
in  the  color.     It  may  be  a  variety  of  that  species. 

T.  iniplorata  n.  sp.  -Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  short,  rather  slender,  fus- 
cous; front  light  fuscous;  thorax  gray.  Abdomen  dark  gray,  ochreous  at  end  ; 
fore  wings  light  gray  or  whitish,  frosted,  blackish  in  broken  spots  along  costa.  a 
patch  near  apex  being  largest,  somewhat  brownish  along  inner  margin,  a  black 
basal  cross-line,  one  geminate  intra  discal  black  line  angulated  outward  on  cell 
and  submedian  vein,  an  outer  black  line  distinct  at  costa,  marked  on  veins  poste- 
riorly ;  all  veins  lined  with  black  on  middle  field,  vein  2  heavier  than  the  rest : 
discal  spot  long,  reaching  along  outer  margin  of  cell,  made  of  longer,  somewhat 
raised  scales :  marginal  line  heavy,  black,  somewhat  broken ;  hind  wings  long, 
narrow,  light  gray,  blackish  on  anal  margin  ;  discal  spot  black,  brownish  tinted 
at  extreme  edge;  beneath  faintly  shadowing  the  surface  above,  the  hind  wings 
with  outward  dotted  cross-line. 

California. 

16.   KIJCYlflATOGE  Hiib. 
Verz.  325,  1818. 

Type  togata  Hiib. 
Hypepirrifis  Hiib..  Verz.  329,  1818,  type  impurata  Hiib. 
Orthonana  Hiib..  Verz.  331.  1818,  type  vitalbata  Hiib. 
Hurisma  Hiib.,  Verz.  331,  1818,  type  termia  Hub. 
Phibabipferyx  Steph.,  Cat.  138,  1829,  type  te.rmUt  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  scaled,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ;  cly}>eus  with 
small  scale  tuft ;  antennae  filiform,  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax  un- 
tufted.  Abdomen  with  scale  tuft  dorsally  on  each  segment ;  hind 
tibite  with  all  spurs  present;  fore  wings  often  narrow,  extended,  12 
veined,  two  accessory  cells ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate, 
6  and  7  separate  or  stemmed,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond 
middle. 

Species. — E.  tenuata  Hulst. 

E.  gelidata  Moesch. 

E.  anticaria  Wlk.  (strattonata  Pack.) 

E.  graefii  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

E.  grandis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

E.  iutestinata  Guen. 

E.  vitalbata  Hiib. 
I  add  E.  vitnlbaia  to  our  list  as  I  have  lately  received  specimens 
from  F.  H.  Wolley-Dod  taken  at  Calgarry,  Canada. 


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K.  graefii  n.  sp. — Expands  25-28  mm.  Palpi  rather  long,  gray  or  blackish 
gray ;  front  strongly  tufted,  light  gray  or  fuscous  ;  thorax  fuscous.  Abdomen 
gray  or  fuscous;  fore  wings  fuscous  gray  or  gray,  crossed  by  many  wavy,  or  in 
most  instances  very  indistinct  and  indeterminate  lines;  the  most  prominent  in 
most  cases  are  one  close  to  base  rounded  dentate :  a  second  intra  discal  with  an 
angle  at  subcostal  and  at  vein  la,  and  a  third  extra  discal  straight  or  slightly 
concave  from  costa  obliquely  outward  to  between  veins  5  and  6  there  angled,  and 
then  waved  dentate,  parallel  with  outer  margin  across  the  wing;  the  outer  space 
is  more  shaded  than  the  middle  and  has  a  generally  well  marked,  light,  scalloped, 
submarginal  line ;  discal  spot  large,  distinct,  blackish,  oval ;  hind  wings  fuscous 
gray,  faintly  indicating  wavy  cross-lines ;  discal  spot  dark,  indistinct ;  margins 
of  all  wings  black,  broken  at  ends  of  veins;  beneath  lighter  than  above,  silky, 
with  blackish  along  costa  of  fore  wings,  and  the  upper  lines  very  faintly  if  at  all 
showing. 

Mt.  Hood,  Washington.     From  Mr.  E.  L.  Graef. 

E.  grsiiidis  n.  sp. — Expands  28  mm.  Palpi  rather  long,  fuscous  ocher;  front 
light  fuscous,  tufted ;  thorax  fuscous,  with  an  ocher  tinge.  Abdomen  the  same 
color,  with  the  tufts  blackish  ;  fore  wings  base  fuscous  ocher,  edged  outwardly 
with  a  fine  rounded  black  line;  beyond  this  to  outer  line  the  wing  is  lighter, 
showing  whitish  at  beginning,  centrally  within  discal  spot  in  a  waved  double 
cross-line,  and  also  in  a  double  line  at  end  of  middle  sjjace.  these  lighter  lines 
separated  by  fine  dark  lines ;  outer  line  running  obliquely  outward  to  between 
6  and  7,  then  turning  at  a  right  angle  and  following  margin  in  quite  even  scal- 
lops; outer  spa(;e  darker,  especially  within  apex,  and  towards  costa  between  the 
outer  line  and  a  scalloped  submarginal  whitish  line  which  runs  parallel  with 
outer  margin;  margin  darkly  shaded  on  either  side  of  ends  of  veins;  hind 
wings  even,  light  fuscous  gray,  margin  dark  shaded  on  either  side  of  veins ;  be- 
neath even  light  silky  fuscous,  darker  and  more  ochreous  on  outer  space. 

Washington. 

17.  VENUSIA  Curt. 
Type  camhrica  Curt. 

Palpi  rather  short,  .somewhat  recurved,  scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
clypeus  scaled,  smooth  ;  antenntie  of  S  bipectinate,  of  9  filiform  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  hind  tibia?  with  all  spurs  present. 
^yings  rounded,  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory  cell  ;  hind  wings 
8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Species. —  V.  canibrica  Curt. 

f  V.  daodecimlineata  Pack. 

V.  comptaria  Wlk.  (perlineata  Pack.) 
I\.  incluiitaria  Wlk. 


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274  GEORGE    D.    HULST, 

18.  ElICHCECA  Hiih. 

Verz.  298,  1818. 

Type  obliterata  Hiib, 

Hydrcelin  Hiib.,  Verz.  322.  1818.  type  sylvnfa  Hiib. 

Trichodezia  Warr.,  Zoo.  Nov.  li.  pt.  2,  p.  119,  1895,  type  albovittata  Guen. 

Palpi  short  scaled,  slender,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
smooth  ;  antennae  filiform,  ciliate ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ; 
hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  acces- 
sory cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond 
middle. 

Mr.  Warren  says  his  genus  Trichodezia,  of  which  albovittata  is 
type,  "  has  a  long  tuft  of  dark  hairs  towards  the  inner  margin  of 
fore  wing  on  underside."  He  does  not  say  whether  this  is  a  sexual 
j)eculiarity  or  common  to  both  sexes.  I  have,  however,  been  unable 
to  find  the  peculiarity  in  either  sex  after  examining  numerous  speci- 
mens, and  so  place  it  as  a  synonym.  The  venation  of  the  hind 
wings  is,  however,  somewhat  abnormal  as  8  does  not  unite  with  the 
cell  through  the  basal  half  of  the  cell's  length. 
Species. — E.  albovittata  Guen. 

E.  californiata  Pack. 

E.  cretaceata  Pack. 

E.  lucata  Guen. 

E.  albogilvaria  Morr. 

19.  ASTHEIVA  Hiib. 
Verz.  310,  1818  {Epirrita  Hiib.,  Tentanien  1810). 

Type  candidata  Scbif. 
Oporinia  Hiib.,  Verz.  321.  1818,  type  dilufafa  Bork. 
Minoa  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  Fr.  viii.  545,  1829,  type  murinuta  Sc. 
Oporahia  Steph.,  Ills,  iii,  273,  1831,  type  dilutata  Bork. 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;  front  smooth,  flat ;  antennae  filiform  in  both 
sexes;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind 
tibiae  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells;  hind 
wings  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

As  Mr.  Meyrick  remarks,  there  can  be  no  doubt  concerning  the 
application  of  this  generic  name,  as  only  one  species  was  placed 
under  it  by  Hiibner.  It  corresponds  with  the  Tentamen  name 
Epirrita,  whose  type  was  dilutata  Bork.  As  stated  before  I  do  not 
recognize  the  Tentamen  names,  but  indicate  where  they  apply  if  any 
])lease  to  make  use  of  them. 

Species. -^^4.  dilutata  Bork. 


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20.  CORYPHISTA  n.  gen. 
Type  meadii  Pack. 

Palpi  porrect,  rather  long ;  clypeus  with  a  conical  tuft ;  antenna? 
slender,  flattened,  minutely  ciliate.  Abdomen  of  %  with  lateral 
pencil  of  hair  on  penultimate  segment;  hind  tibia;  with  all  spurs 
present ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  and  7  from  a 
point;  hind  wings  scalloped,  with  lobe  along  inner  margin  in  Z 
near  middle,  with  a  ridge  or  brush  of  stout  hairs  on  lower  edge ; 
hind  wings  with  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with 
cell  half  its  length. 

Species. —  C  meac^i/' Pack. 

C.  badiata  Hy.  Edw. 

Close  to  Calocalpe  Hub.,  but  differing  in  the  terminal  abdominal 
tuftings. 

21.  €AL,0€AL,PE  Hub. 

Verz.  330,  1818. 

Type  undidata  Liun. 
Eucosmia  Stepli.,  111.  iii,  26.5,  1831,  type  undidata  L. 

Palpi  moderate,  scaled,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  clypeus  with 
scale  tuft ;  antennie  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax  and  abdomen 
scaled,  untufted  ;  hind  tibite  with  all  spurs  present,  in  %  very  short ; 
fore  wings  12  veined,  with  two  accessory  cells ;  3  and  4  separate ; 
hind  wings  of  %  with  fold  along  inner  margin  beneath  containing 
a  hair  tufting,  3  and  4  separate,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond 
middle. 

Species.-/  C.  andulata  L. 

22.  CATO€L,OTHIS  n.  gen. 
Cydica  G/t.,  Can.  Ent.  xiv,  174,  1882. 

Type  fronddria  Grt. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  or  somewhat  drooping ;  clypeus  somewhat 
drooping ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate  ;  thorax  with  a  dorsal  posterior 
tuft.  Abdomen  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  legs  with  all  spurs  present ; 
fore  wings  11  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  long  stemmed  with  7,  8 
and  9  arising  from  nearly  the  same  point  as  7,  10  wanting;  hind 
wings  8  veins,  5  near  4,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  more  than 
half  its  length  ;  all  wings  extended. 

Peculiar  in  having  but  11  veins  in  the  fore  wings,  and  als(j  in 
having  in   the  hind  wings  vein  5  arising  almost  at  a  point  with  4  ; 

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276  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

also  in  hind  wings  vein  8  is  strongly  divided  at  base  forming  an  ap- 
proach to  the  fovea  sometimes  seen  in  the  Ennominse.  The  only 
species  known  is  very  considerably  like  Selidosema  (Boannia)  in 
appearance.  The  genus  is  abundantly  distinct  from  Chesias,  being 
like  it  only  in  superficial  appearance  and  the  outward  form  of  the 
wings ;  the  antennse  are  bipectinate  in  the  S  ,  not  dentate  as  Mr. 
Grote  says.  Mr.  Grote's  name  Cyclica  is  preoccupied. 
Species. —  C.  frondaria  Grt. 

23.  PHILEREIflE  Hiib. 
Verz.  330,  1818. 

Type  rhamnata  Schif. 

f^cotosia  Steph..  Ills,  iii,  259,  IB.'il,  type  rhamnata  Schif. 

Palpi  moderate,  scaled,  porrect ;  tongue  developcvl ;  clypeus  scale 
tufted ;  antennae  ciliate  in  both  sexes ;  thorax  sometimes  tufted. 
Abdomen  untufted,  in  %  with  anal  claspers  large,  exserted ;  hind 
tibiae  with  all  spurs  present ;  fore  wings  12  veined,  two  accessory 
cells,  3  and  4  separate ;  hind  wings  8  veined,  3  and  4  separate,  8 
with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

In  my  opinion  a  doubtful  genus,  as  the  distinctive  character,  the 
exserted  claspers  of  the  %  ,  seems  to  be  comparative,  and  to  some 
extent  variable  as  based  upon  the  circumstances  of  the  death  of  the 
insect. 

Species. — P.  californiata  Pack. 
P.  multivagata  Hulst. 
P.  formosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

P.  Torinosa  n.  sp. — Expands  35  mm.  Palpi  moderate  fuscous ;  thorax  fus- 
cous. Abdonieu  ochreous,  washed  with  fuscous,  each  segment  lined  with  black 
posteriorly ;  fore  wings  light  fuscous  gray,  banded  and  shaded  with  smoky  fus- 
cous; basal  poi-tion  with  two  faint  shadow  lines,  followed  by  a  smoky  brown, 
even  broad  shading,  obsolete  at  costa,  reaching  from  subcostal  to  inner  margin  ; 
beyond  this,  edging  the  basal  field  a  wavy  black  line ;  the  median  space  is  smoky 
fuscous,  broader  at  costa  than  inner  margin,  outer  line  rounded  between  veins 
forming  an  extended  dull  angle  between  4  and  5 ;  beyond  this  the  ground  color 
and  beyond  this  a  submarginal  waved  dentate  whitish  line,  edged  both  sides  with 
smoky  fuscous,  somewhat  brownish  on  inner  side ;  an  apical  black  spot,  followed 
beneatli  by  a  second  and  larger  one ;  mai'ginal  line  black ;  hind  wings  even  light 
ocher  fusc^ous,  the  veins  slightly  darkened  ;  beneath  on  fore  wings  fuscous  to 
outer  field  then  lighter,  except  towards  apex  ;  hind  wings  with  median  black 
line  ;  discal  joints  evident  above  and  below,  quite  prominent  on  fore  wings  above. 

Colorado.     From  Mr.  Bruce. 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  277 

Differs  from  tlie  typical  Philereme  in  the  fact  that  the  thorax  i? 
tufted  posteriorly,  and  the  vestiture  is  very  decidedly  hairy  on  the 
fore  wings. 

24.  PHYL.ACE  n.  gen. 
Type  luteolata  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  somewhat  drooping  or  porrect,  slender,  rather  heavily 
haired  ;  clypeus  with  conical  tuft  ;  antennse  of  S  bipectinate,  of  9 
bidentate  ;  thorax  with  posterior  dorsal  tuft.  Abdomen  of  l  tufted 
at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs  present ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two 
accessory  cells,  6  somewhat  stemmed  with  7  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3 
and  4  separate,  6  and  7  separate,  8  joined  with  cell  one-half  its 
length. 

Very  close  to  Eustroma  Hiib.,  from  which  it  differs  in  tiie  struc- 
ture of  the  antenme,  and  the  absence  of  the  hair  pencil  of  the  fore 
wings  in  %  .     It  differs  from  Neolexia  in  the  latter  respect. 
Species. — P.  luteolata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

/  P.  luteolata  n.  sp. — Expands  32  40  mm.  Palpi  yellow  ochreous,  fuscous 
or  hlackish  at  extreme  tip ;  antennte,  head,  thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  yellow 
ochreous,  the  thorax  a  little  mixed  with  fuscous  scales  and  the  abdomen  yellowish 
laterally;  fore  wings  with  four  yellowish  brown  lines  arranged  as  in  Neolexia 
xyJina.  and  of  the  same  general  course,  but  without  the  base,  middle  field  or  outer 
part  being  filled  in  with  darker  color:  between  these  bands  are  fainter  cross-lines, 
or  faint  broader  shadings  of  narrow  bands  of  same  color  with  the  more  distinct 
cross-lines  ;  hind  wings  more  yellowish  outwardly,  with  indications  of  lines 
within  anal  angle  scarcely  evident;  beneath  ochreous,  the  outer  middle  line  evi- 
dent on  fore  wings  and  a  marginal  subapical  spot  darker  than  the  ground  color ; 
hind  wings  with  two  faint  middle  lines  crossing  the  wing. 

Two  males,  one  female.  Colorado  and  New  Mexico.  The  insect  is 
very  much  of  the  color  and  general  appearance  of  Eustroma  diversi- 
liiieatum,  with  the  lines  in  the  shape  of  those  of  E.  populatum  or  E. 
prunatum.  It  has  probably  been  regarded  as  a  fin-m  of  E.  diver.n- 
lineata,  but  is  very  distinct  as  having  bipectinate  antennae  and  want- 
ing the  hair  pencil  on  the  fore  wings  below  in  the  male. 

25.  EUSTROMA  Hiib. 
Verz.  33.5,  1818. 

Type  prunuta  L. 

Palpi  rather  long,  porrect ;  front  tufted  ;  antenme  of  %  filiform 
eiliate,  or  somewhat  serrate ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  all 
spurs  present,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ;  fore  wings  with  two  acces- 
sory cells,  12  veins,  in  %  with  strong  pencil  of  hairs  beneath  at 
base  of  16;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  with  base  to  beyond  middle. 

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278  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

Species./-  E.  diversilineatum  Hub. 
E.  populatam  L. 
E.  testatum,  L. 
E.  destinatum  Moesch. 
E.  pnuiatum  L. 
fE.  imbilatum  Pack. 
E.  atrocoloratwn  Grt. 
E.  explanatum  Walk,  (cunigerata  Wlk.) 

26.  JKEOL.EXIA  n.  gen. 
Type  xylina  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  or  somewhat  drooping,  second  segment  long 
haired  ;  tongue  quite  strong ;  clypeus  with  a  conical  tuft ;  antenna' 
of  %  bipectinate ;  thorax  with  dorsal  tuft  of  hairs  posteriorly.  Legs 
with  all  spurs  present ;  fore  wings  12  veined,  with  two  accessory  cells 
and  with  a  strong  pencil  of  hairs  below  near  base  of  1  b ;  hind  wings 
8  veins,  4  and  5  separate,  6  and  7  separate,  8  joined  with  the  cell 
one-half  its  length. 

Species. — N.  xylina  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
N.  speciosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

N.  xylina  n.  sp. — Expands  38-40  mm.  Palpi  and  head  ocbreous  fuscous; 
antenuie  fuscous,  with  a  slight  ochreous  tinge  ;  thorax  ocbreous.  the  post-dorsal 
tuft  yellowish.  Abdomen  buif  on  the  sides,  posteriorly  somewhat  reddish  bri)wn  ; 
fore  wings  grayish  and  brown,  the  latter  forming  a  broad  band  filling  the  basal 
field  about  one-fourth  of  the  length  of  wing  along  costa,  with  two  or  three  rather 
faint,  darker,  subparallel  cross-lines  included,  the  outer  margin  unevenly  sinuate, 
the  most  prominent  bend,  almost  a  dentation,  being  on  cell ;  this  is  followed  by  a 
band  of  grayish  considerably  stained  with  brown,  the  outer  edge  being  unevenly 
sinuous,  the  strongest  bend  being  at  the  submedian  tiutwardly,  then  follows  a 
very  broad  brown  band,  broader  at  costa  than  on  the  inner  margin  with  tAvo  in- 
cluded sinuate  shade  lines  near  middle,  these  showing  with  whitish  along  costa; 
the  outer  edge  of  the  band  is  unevenly  sinuate,  rounded  inwardly  below  costa, 
where  it  is  edged  outwardly  with  whitish,  then  rounded  outwardly  and  strongly 
at  the  middle  and  again  below,  then  running  straight  to  costa.  the  scallops  being 
divided  by  teeth  at  veins  2,  3  and  4,  that  at  4  being  the  least  prominent ;  beyond 
the  wing  is  grayish  with  brown  tintings,  with  three  black  triangular  spots,  base 
inward  beyond  the  white  lunul«  beyond  disc,  and  with  a  brownish  subtriangular 
spot  on  outer  edge  below  apex  ;  marginal  line  black  broken  ;  hind  wings  fuscous 
gray,  blackish  lines  showing  on  inner  margin  outwardly  and  fading  into  indis- 
tinct dentate  lines  across  the  wing ;  beneath  ochreous  gray,  powdered  with  brown- 
ish on  the  f()re  wings,  the  outer  part  of  the  middle  band  and  the  outer  subapical 
spot  showing;  on  hind  wings  a  faint  submarginal  line  dentate  emphasized  at  the 
points  giving  the  appearance  of  a  row  of  faint  blackish  spots. 


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New  York,  Washington,  Montana,  Alberta,  Canada.  Very  much 
in  appearance  like  Eastroma  prunata,  with  which  it  may  have  been 
confounded,  but  easily  distinguished  by  the  bipectinate  antennae. 

The  specimen  received  from  Calgarry  has  the  cross-bands  blackish 
instead  of  brown,  and  the  hind  wings  have  a  more  distinct  banding. 

Bf .  Kpeciosn  n.  sp. — Expands  40  mm.  Palpi  dark  fuscous :  front  blackish 
fuscous :  front  black  ;  antennte  black  above,  fuscous  ochreous  below ;  thorax  dark 
fuscous,  the  tufts  bright  orange-yellow.  Abdomen  gray,  mixed  with  fuscous, 
with  white  dorsal  line  and  with  each  segment  black  subdorsally  and  posteriorly ; 
fore  wings  base  black  with  some  gray  scales  across  middle,  a  broad  white  intra- 
discal  band  beyond,  shaded  with  yellowish,  except  at  edges,  and  with  some  mixing 
of  blackish  scales,  a  discal  band  beyond  this  black,  rather  narrower  than  the 
intra-discal,  very  slightly  lightened  at  middle:  outer  space  white  shaded  with 
yellow  and  olive  to  edge  ;  a  scalloped  submarginal  line,  the  lunules  white  without 
black  within,  with  two  heavy  black  triangular  spots  below  costa  near  apex,  and 
a  large  subapical  black  spot  along  edge  lined  above  and  inwardly  with  white ;  a 
broken  submarginal  black  line;  hind  wings  smoky  gray  with  two  outer  scalloped 
lines  both  edged  with  whitish  outwardly  ;  beneath  smoky  to  outer  part  of  discal 
band  on  both  wings,  then  a  whitish  band  ;  on  fore  wings  beyond  this  smoky,  with 
whitish  at  apex,  and  on  hind  wings  with  a  blackish  cross-line,  the  outer  space 
whitish. 

One  %  ,  Calgarry,  Alberta,  Canada.    From  Mr.  F.  H.  Wolley-Dod. 

This  may  be  a  variety  of  N.  xyliiia  Hulst,  but  the  color  and 
shaping  of  the  bands  is  different,  and  there  is  difference  of  position 
in  the  lines  of  the  hind  wings. 

27.  PL,EMYRIA  Hiib. 
Verz.  327,  1818  {Rheumaptera  Hiib.  Tentamen  1810). 
Type  bicolorafa  Hiib. 

Cosmorhoe  Hiib.,  V'erz.  326,  1818,  type  galiata  Hiib. 
Epirrhoe  Hiib.,  Verz.  328,  1818,  type  rivata  Hiib. 
Eidypa  Hiib.,  Verz.,  328,  1818.  type  hastata  L. 
Melariippe  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  277,  1829,  type  hast.aia  L. 

Palpi  moderate,  scaled ;  tongue  developed ;  clypeus  somewhat 
scale  tufted  ;  antennae  filiform  ciliate  in  both  sexes  ;  thorax  and  ab- 
domen smooth;  hind  tibite  w'ith  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one 
accessory  cell ;  hind  wings,  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to 
beyond  middle. 

This  corresponds  to  the  Tentamen  genus  Rheumaptera,  the  type 
of  which  was  hastata.  Mr.  Meyrick  calls  this  genus  Plemyria,  of 
which  hicolorata  Hiib.  is  the  type.  Cosmorhoe  was  named  by  Hiib- 
ner  with  galiata  Hiib.  as  type.      Galiata  and   bicolorata  are  conge- 

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280  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

neric.  Cosmorhoe  has  priority  of  page,  though  not  of  time.  The 
name  Pleviyria  must  stand  as  the  genus  name,  however,  under  the 
code. 

Species. — P.  hastata  L. 

P.  tristata  L. 

P.  sociata  L. 

P.  delimitata  Warr. 

P.  georgii  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
/p.  ruhrosuifumta  Pack. 

P.  obductata  Moesch. 

P.  georgii  u.  sp. — Expands  28-31  mm.  Palpi  quite  long,  prominent,  por- 
rect,  end  member  drooping,  fuscous  gray ;  clypeus  and  thorax  dark  gray.  Abdo- 
men mouse-gray  to  blackish  gray  ;  fore  wings  mouse  or  fuscous  gray,  with  a  faint 
violet  tinge ;  basal  line  lighter,  distinct,  sinuous,  edged  within  with  a  darkish 
band  ;  a  middle  black  line  narrow,  rounded  to  behind  cell  then  pointed  outwardly 
on  veins,  extending  in  general  direction  outwardly  towards  inner  margin;  an 
outer  fine  black  line  rounded  outwardly  to  vein  3,  then  angulated  inwardly  on 
veins  to  inner  margin,  the  lines  on  veins  joining  those  of  median  line  separating 
the  median  space  into  rounded  dots,  these  sometimes  entirely  separated,  the  veins 
becoming  lighter  between  the  parted  black  line  ;  the  lines  have  a  darker  brownish 
or  reddish  band  within  the  middle  space  forming  a  large  rounded  discal  anniilus, 
which  is  lighter  in  the  middle,  this  enclosing  the  discal  spot;  outer  space  darker, 
again  enclosing  an  evenly  scalloped,  distinct,  whitish  outer  line ;  marginal  line 
broken  black ;  hind  wings  mouse-gray  or  ocher-gray,  with  a  gubmarginal  cloud- 
ing forming  an  indistinct  band  ;  beneath  gray  fuscous ;  fore  wings  with  faint  line 
beyond  discal  spot  and  faint  submarginal  band  ;  hind  wings  w'ith  black  discal 
spot,  and  a  fine,  quite  distinct  line  beyond  marginal  space,  some  darker. 

California,  Nevada,  Washington,  Vancouver  Island. 

28.  ZENOPHLEPS  n.  gen. 
Type  lignocolorata  Pack. 

Palpi  prominent,  heavy,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  clypeus 
scaled  with  strongly  developed  scale  tuft ;  antennte  bipectinate  in 
%  ,  filiform  in  $  ;  thorax  untufted.  Abdomen  .somewhat  tufted  at 
end  in  S  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs  present.  Wings  broad,  even  ; 
fore  wings  12  veined,  one  accessory  cell,  5  nearer  6  than  4,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  separate  from  8  and  9  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  with  cell  to 
beyond  middle. 

As  Mr.  Meyrick  remarks,  in  speaking  of  Cataclysme  Hiib.,  a  cor- 
responding European  genus,  the  venation  is  very  anomalous  among 
the  Hydriomenidse,  and  is,  so  far  as  the  relations  of  6  and  7  with  8 
and  9  of  the  fore  wings  go,  the  same  as  the  distinctive  venation  of 
the  Strophidiinse.     The  rest  of  the  venation  is  distinctively  of  the 


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present  family,  as  is  the  whole  aspect  of  the  species.  Mr.  Meyrick 
explains  these  as  anomalous  forms  in  which  the  posterior  wall  of  the 
second  accessory  cell  has  become  obsolete ;  he  therefore  speaks  of 
the  insect  as  having  two  accessory  cells  in  fore  wings.  Zenophlep-f 
differs^'om  Catachjsme  Hiib.  in  having  bipectinate  antennae  in  the  S  . 
jf>6\)ec'ies.-~Z._Ug)d&alaaxULPack,^ 

Z.  obscunda  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

Z.  «bsciirat«  ii.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  ochreous  brown,  blackish 
towards  end  ;  head  ochreous  fuscous,  with  thorax  and  abdomen  of  same  color; 
fore  wings  grayish,  well  mixed  with  blackish  scales,  and  with  many  not  very 
decided  blackish  cross-lines,  and  the  whole  washed  with  yellow  ochreous,  espe- 
cially on  the  outer  third  ;  the  lines  are  arranged  in  three  bands,  the  first  basal, 
the  second  median  within  the  black  discal  spot,  the  third  beyond  the  discal  spot ; 
they  all  are  lighter  between  the  limiting  lines,  are  quite  evenly  rounded  out- 
wardly, pretty  evenly  dentate  on  lioth  sides  the  middle  one  being  the  most  even  : 
the  outer  one  has  two  or  three  little  white  spots  outwardly  at  veins  2.  3  and  4; 
outer  space  arranged  in  two  or  three  lighter  and  darker  bauds,  sharply  and  evenly 
dentate;  a  line  of  black  marginal  spots:  fringe  concolorous  with  outer  part  of 
wing  ;  hind  wings  corresponding  very  much  to  pattern  of  fore  wings,  but  all  basal 
markings  lost,  and  middle  band  showing  in  a  rounded,  distinct,  blackish  line; 
beneath  fuscous  gray,  the  bajids  on  both  wings  showing  in  deejier  color,  rather 
solid  and  quite  decidedly  manifest  in  a  broad  marginal  band  on  both  wings. 

One  male,  Siskiyou  County,  California. 

29.  ENCHORIA  n.  gen. 
Type  osculata  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  rough,  hairy ;  front  rough  scaled,  scarcely  tufted  ; 
tongue  developed ;  antennae  of  %  flattened,  dentate,  finely  ciliate 
below ;  thorax  with  a  double  anterior  tuft,  and  also  a  low  postei'ior 
tuft.  Abdomen  slightly  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs;  fore  wings  two  accessory  cells,  12  veins;  hind  wings  8 
veins,  H  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Differs  from  Gijpsochroa  Hiib.  in  that  the  antennae  are  eveidv 
ciliate,  not  fascicled  with  hairs. 

Species. — E.  osculata  Hulst,  n.  s^:*. 

E.  osculata  n.  sp.— Expands  24  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  thorax  fuscous,  with 
black  scales  intermixed,  the  whole  vestiture  being  squamose  and  diifuse.  Abdo- 
men ditf  .ise,  fuscous,  the  first  segment  being  more  blackish  and  the  fourth  blackish 
doi-sally ;  fore  wings  fuscous,  the  whole  surface  covered  with  more  or  le.ss  faint, 
dentate,  or  wavy  lines,  parallel  with  the  rounded  outer  margin ;  these  show  most 
decidedly  by  a  faint  basal  cross-band,  somewhat  darker  than  the  ground  color, 
edged  inwardly  and  outwardly  by  a  more  grayish  color,  tiie  dentations  of  the 
outer  lines  marked  with  black  ou  veins  ;  discal  si)ots  iironiinent  black  with  wliitjsii 

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282  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

flecks  beyond  ;  outer  lines  most  prominent,  geminate,  gray,  sinusecl  outwardly 
between  veins  5  and  2,  dentate  wavy  all  their  length  ;  a  submarginal,  faint,  wavy 
gray  line :  fringes  color  of  wings  with  lighter  intermissions ;  hind  wings  rather 
satiny  white,  slightly  stained  with  fuscous  and  with  black  atoms  basally  and 
along  inner  margin  :  beneath  dull  white  on  all  wings,  fuscous  stained  along  costa, 
speckled  with  black  scales  basally  on  fore  wings  and  all  over  hind  wings  with 
large  blackish  spot  at  apex  of  fore  wings  divided  by  whitish  line,  all  wings  with 
black  discal  spots. 

Southern  California. 

30.  PERCIVOPTILOTA  n.  gen. 
Type  flnvuda  Hiib. 
Plemyrie  Hiib.,  Verz.  334.  1818,  type  fluviafa  Hiib. 

Palpi  rather  long,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  front  with  conical 
tuft  of  scales ;  antennae  of  S  filiform,  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on 
each  segment ;  thorax  without  posterior  tuft.  Abdomen  tufted  at 
end;  hind  tibi?e  with  two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veined,  two 
accessory  cells;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to 
beyond  middle. 

Plemyrie  Hiib.,  applied  to  this  species,  is  preoccupied  by  Plemyria 
Hiib.,  the  names  being  the  same,  one  partially,  the  other  entirely 
latinized.  _ 

Species.^ P.  fiuviaia  Hiib. 

31.  IflESOLEVCA  Hiib. 
Verz.  326,  1818. 

Type  (dbicillafa  Linn. 
Glaucopteryx  Hiib.,  Verz.  332.  1818,  type  csesiata  Lang. 
Melanthia  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  252,  1829,  type  procellata  Fab. 
Camptogramma  Steph.,  111.  iii,  263,  1831,  type  bilineafa  L. 

Palpi  moderate ;  front  with  tuft  of  scales ;  tongue  developed  ;  an- 
tennae of  %  filiform  ciliate ;  thorax  with  or  without  posterior  tuft. 
Abdomen  sometimes  tufted  at  end ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs,  fore 
wings  with  two  accessory  cells,  12  veins ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and 
7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  bevond  middle. 


JM.  ruficiliata^juen.  31.  silaceata  var.  defiavata  Stand. 

(M.  qratulata  Walk,  (brunneicil-  M.  albolineata  Pack. 

/  J/,  ciemtid  Bork.        [lata  Pack.)  31.  suspectata  Moesch. 

/  31.  lacudnda  Guen.  31.  hersiliata  Guen. 

31.  brutmeimaculata  Bates.  M.  ethela  Hnlst,  n.  sp. 

31.  truncata  Hiib.  (31.  vasal iata  Guen. 


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M.  etiiela  n.  sp. — Expands  30  mm.  Palpi  and  head  fuscous  ochreous ;  an- 
tennae fuscous;  thorax  fuscous  ochreous.  Abdomen  fuscous  gray;  fore  wings 
cream  color  from  base  one-third  out,  with  a  shading  of  blackish  scales  along  costa 
at  base,  terminated  outwardly  by  a  rounded  dentate  line ;  beyond,  a  broad  dark 
gray  band  with  veins  all  somewhat  darker  lined,  this  baud  sciilloped  outwardly, 
the  scallop  being  most  prominent  at  vein  4,  and  the  dentations  marked  by  the 
veins;  beyond  this  band  a  cream  colored  line  broadening  towards  costa,  followed 
by  a  broad  dark  gray  submarginal  band,  which  is  somewhat  reddish  next  to  the 
cream  colored  line ;  margin  blackish  ;  hind  wings  whitish,  a  little  fuscous  tinted 
outwardly,  with  line  of  blackish  marginal  spots  along  outer  border;  beneath 
light  cream  fuscous,  with  darker  outer  shadings;  hind  wings  whitish  fuscous. 

One  %   Sierra  Nevada,  California. 

32.  HYDRIOMENA  Hub. 
Verz.  322,  1818. 

Type  trifasciata  Bork. 
Euphyia  Hiib.,  Verz.  326,  1818,  type  picata  Hiib. 
f  Perisoma   Hiib..  Verz.  331,  1818,  type  adsequata  Bork. 
f  Enfephria  Hiib.,  Verz.  331,  1818,  type  Jlavicinctata  Hiib. 
Chlorodysta  Hiib..  Verz.  332,  1818,  type  miata  L. 
Dysstroma  Hiib.,  Verz.  333,  1818,  type  iruncata  Hufn. 
Harpahjce  Steph.,  Cat.  ii,  131,  1829,  type  fulvata  Forst. 
Ypsipetes  Steph.,  Cat.  ii,  138,  1829,  type  trifasciata  Bork. 
Einmelesia  Steph.,  Cat.  ii.  147,  1829,  type  decolorata  Hiib. 
Msesia  Steph.,  111.  iii,  150,  1831,  type  decolorata  Hiib. 
Poli/phrasia  Steph.,  111.  iii,  227,  1831,  type  immanafa  Haw. 
Enthalia  Steph.,  111.  iii.  252,  1831.  type  miata  L. 
Thera  Steph..  111.  iii.  271,  1831,  type  simnlata  Hiib. 
Phasylc  Dup.,  Cat.  Meth.  254,  1844,  type  malvafa  Eamb. 
Ceratodalia  Pack.,  Geom.  Moths.  .322,  1876,  type  gueneata  Pack. 

Palpi  moderate  or  long;  tongue  of  %  developed;  front  with  or 
without  scale  tuft ;  antennae  flattened,  often  naked,  shortly  and  finely 
ciliate  below  ;  thorax  ,vith  posterior  tuft  more  or  less  developed. 
Abdomen  often  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibise  with  all  sjDurs ;  fore  wing.« 
with  two  accessory  cells,  12  veins;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Tins  genus,  with  what  I  have  placed  under  Mesoleuca,  Cceiiocalpe, 
Trijjhosa,  Enchoria  and  (jri/psoehroa,  are  all  grouped  by  Mr.  Mey- 
rick  under  Hijdriomeim.  He  recognises  there  are  very  considerable 
diffei'ences  in  structure  which  would  easily  warrant  generic  separa- 
tion, but  tliinks  the  species  .so  intergrade  in  every  structural  point 
that  it  is  impossible  to  draw  a  distinct  line  anywhere.  I  agree  with 
him  entirely,  yet  think  it  wiser  to  draw  an  artificial  Hne  than  to 
lump  very  widely  variant  species  under  one  genus,  wliicli  thus  be- 
comes very  large  and  unwieldy,  as  well  as  discordant.     In  very  few 

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284  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

.species  is  there  any  doubt  as  to  the  group  in  which  they  natural!}' 
fall,  and  I  have  in  a  sort  of  a  way  made  Hydrloniena  the  refuge  of 
species  whose  S  I  have  not  seen,  and  whose  exact  reference  cannot 
therefore  be  given.  The  sjiecies  under  it  are  yet  in  respect  to  palpi, 
antennae,  thoracic  tuftings,  and  the  position  of  vein  6  of  fore  wings 
very  variable,  but  I  hesitate  to  make  any  further  divisions,  as  the 
bulk  of  species  lie  midway  between  the  extremes.  Trifasclata,  the 
type  of  Hydrioinena,  has  very  long  palpi,  and  is  in  some  other  re- 
spects rather  an  extreme  species. 

Species  : — 

H.  sordidata  Fab.  (H.  mulUferata  Walk. 

H.  trifasciata  Bork,  H.  curviUnea  Hulst,  u.  sj). 

H.  californiata  Pack.  H.  immediata  Grt. 

H.  speciosata  Pack.  H.  costiguttata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

H.  reflata  Grt.  H.  gueneata  Pack. 

H.  similaris  Hulst,  n.  sp.  H.  mirabilata  Grt. 

H.  contmcta  Pack.  H.  unangulata  Haw. 

H.  sparsimacula  Hulst,  n.  sp.  H.  neomexicana  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

H.  herbicohda  Hulst,  n.  sp.  H.  audvalata  Hulst. 

H.  basaliata  AValk.  H.  custodlata  Gueu. 

H.  latirnpta  Walk.  If.  ahhda  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

H.  similaris  n.  sp. — Expands  28-31  mm.  Palpi  blackish  gray  ;  front  dark 
gray;  thorax  same  color  with  more  of  gray,  with  a  posterior  tufting  blackish  at 
end.  Abdomen  fuscous;  fore  wings  base  gray,  mixed  with  scattered  black  scales, 
limited  by  a  black  line  somewhat  oblique,  angled  at  cell,  then  a  broad  band  of 
blackish,  lightened  with  gray  scales  which  run  in  the  form  of  two  narrow  broad 
cross-lines;  this  band  reaches  only  to  the  discal  point,  the  outer  limiting  black 
line  passing  through  the  discal  point  rounding  out  to  it  from  costa  thence  in- 
wardly to  below  cell,  then  outwardly  to  inner  margin  ;  then  comes  a  compara- 
tively narrow  grayish  band,  not  distinctly  limited  outwardly,  having  near  its 
outer  edge  the  outer  black  cross-line  which  is  wavy  dentate,  with  its  two  most 
jn-ominent  and  equal  protuberances  between  veins  2  and  3  and  3  and  4 ;  outer 
space  dark,  much  lightened  behind  middle,  and  with  two  or  three  subapical 
l>lack  dashes  ;  hind  wings  light  fuscous;  all  margins  blackish  ;  beneath,  color  of 
hind  wijigs  above,  on  fore  wings  darker  along  costa  and  outwardly  towards  apex' 

C/olorado.     From  Mr.  Graef. 

H.  siblata  n.  sp. — Expands  28  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  gray ;  thorax  and  front 
fuscous.  Abdomen  fuscous,  each  segment  with  a  black  anterior  line  ;  fore  wings 
light  gray,  with  blackish  lines  and  shadings  :  base  dark  fuscous,  mixed  with  gray  ; 
))asal  line  rounded  outwardly  at  cell,  and  angled  inwardly  at  la  ,•  beyond  base  an 
intra-discal  gray  band  sprinkled  with  black  scales,  then  a  blackish  discal  band 
narrower  than  usual,  scalloped  on  both  sides,  the  teeth  on  the  veins  and  towards 


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each  other  reaching  so  far  in  towards  hiiier  margin  as  to  almost  form  ringlets, 
then  an  extra-discal  gray  band  much  clouded  and  striated  with  blackish  scales, 
with  a  deep  cloud  along  costa.  with  a  black  siibmarginal  line,  scallojjed,  outwardly 
dentate;  marginal  space  blackish  below  apex;  hind  wings  fuscous,  with  a  faint 
middle  lighter  cross-line;  beneath  light  fuscous,  faintly  revealing  the  markings 
above. 

Arizona. 

H.  sparsiinaciila  n.  sp. — Expands  28  mm.  Palpi  light  cinereous,  black 
at  end  ;  front  and  thorax  gray.  Abdomen  fuscous  dorsally,  much  lighter  on  sides 
and  below:  fore  wings  light  glaucous  gray,  washed  with  fuscous,  with  dark  mark- 
ings along  costa  showing  the  beginning  of  basal,  discal,  extra-discal  and  outer 
cross-lines,  these  discernible  across  the  wing  only  by  the  lighter  edgir.g  cross-lines 
and  a  few  black  scales;  a  black  spot  at  middle  of  inner  margin  and  another  at 
anal  angle ;  also  one  or  two  small  black  spots  at  apex  ;  hind  wings  dull  whitish, 
with  two  faint,  even  rounded,  broad  cross-lines,  and  a  faint  submarginal  line ; 
beneath  even,  lighter,  very  faintly  showing  markings  above. 

California ;  near  some  variations  of  H.  caiifoniiata  Pack.,  espe- 
cially those  of  the  glaucata  form. 

H.  neo-mexicaiia  u.  sp. — Expands  38-42  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  above, 
blackish  on  sides  and  below;  under  part  of  head  whitish ;.  face  fuscous  black; 
thorax  dark  fuscous  to  grayish  black.  Abdomen  dark  fuscous,  ringed  with  lighter 
fuscous,  a  blackish  spot  dorsally  on  each  segment.  Wings  varying  from  light  to 
dark  fuscous,  in  fresh  specimens  darker,  and  then  with  a  grayish  olive  shading; 
the  whole  surface  of  the  fore  wings  is  covered  with  scalloped  cross-lines  of  vary- 
ing intensity,  the  rounded  part  outward  and  generally  subparallel,  the  lines  being 
of  a  lighter  color,  the  intersi)aces  darker;  at  the  base  the  darker  color  is  empha- 
sized by  blackish  forming  a  darker  basal  space,  then  a  broad,  genex'ally  lighter 
space  to  a  broad  central  darker  band,  the  inner  line  of  this  heavily  shaded  with 
blackish  outwardly,  the  outer  line  with  blackish  inwardly,  the  inner  dentate 
scalloped,  the  outer  more  irregular  than  usual  with  two  strongly  projecting  outer 
scallops  on  veins  3  and  4;  a  submarginal  outer  line  whitish,  serrate  on  both  sides  ; 
hind  wings  rather  even  fuscous,  with  faint  indications  of  scalloped  lines  out- 
wardly, especially  near  inner  angle ;  beneath  both  wing-s  light  fuscous  with  a 
♦[uite  blackish  undulating  hair  line  beyond  middle,  and  a  broad,  even,  submar- 
ginal, blackish  band  ;  marginal  lighter,  fringe  checkered  with  black  at  end  of 
veins. 

Described  from  a  number  of  specimens  in  collection  of  Neumoegen 
and  myself.  Mr.  Neumoegen's  specimens  are  without  locality, 
though  I  think  they  were  said  to  be  from  Florida.  My  own  speci- 
mens are  from  New  Mexico  (Cockerell),  Colorado  (Gillette)  and 
Florida. 

H.  herbicolata  n.  s]). — Expands  18-20  mm.  Palpi  short,  rather  coai-sely 
haired,  blackish  or  black  and  ocher  gray  mixed ;  clypeus  rather  coarsely  long 
haired,  somewhat  tufted  ;  tliorax  rather  squamose,  black  and  gray  intermixed. 
Abdomen  fuscous  ocher  and  black  intermixed,  the  basal  segment  darker  than  the 

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286  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

rest ;  fore  wings  light  fuscous  gray,  basal  space  blackish  followed  by  an  indeter- 
minate broad  cross-line  somewhat  angulated,  which  is  followed  by  an  indistinct 
dark  band  often  showing  only  on  the  outer  edges,  this  band  being  wavy  sinuous 
and  of  the  same  width  across  the  wing,  and  on  its  outer  side  almost  touching  the 
black  discal  spot;  an  outer  sinuous  whitish  line,  often  clear  white  on  costal  half, 
angulated  outward  at  vein  6,  then  an  irregular  inner  sinus  running  outward  to 
an  angle  at  vein  4,  this  angle  almost  reaching  the  edge  of  wing,  thence  the  line 
is  wavy  angulate,  subparallel  with  edge  of  wing  to  inner  margin ;  this  line  is 
edged  within  with  a  broad  dark  band  which  generally  is  evident  only  on  lines 
limiting  edge  and  is  sometimes  faint  and  indeterminate,  sometimes  with  black 
dashes  on  veins  2,  3  and  4  ;  outer  space  clouded  below  apex  and  a  marginal  line 
of  black  dashes  hardly  broken  ;  hind  wings  light  gray,  darker  towards  base  with 
black  discal  spot:  beneath  lighter  than  above,  the  outer  lines  showing,  the  white 
line  much  broader  with  whiiish  apical  spot;  hind  wings  color  as  above  with  two 
fine  cross-lines,  the  inner  straight  across  the  wings,  the  outer  rounded,  scalloped. 

Havilah,  Cal.,  two  males,  two  females.  From  Hy.  Edwards,  No. 
7641. 

There  is  much  difference  in  the  two  sexes,  the  males  being  much 
more  distinctly  marked  and  lined,  and  especially  with  the  outer  white 
line. 

H.  cnrvilinea.  n.  sp. — Expands  28  mm.  Palpi  short,  somewhat  long  scaled, 
black  and  gray  intermixed  ;  clypeus  and  thorax  gray.  Abdomen  ochreous  ;  fore 
wings  dull  clay  white,  a  blackish  even  basal  cross-baud  scarcely  curved,  another 
corresponding  band  on  middle  field  evenly  curved  across  wing,  edged  within  by 
a  faint  light  tinge;  outer  field  with  a  band  distinct  at  costa,  broken  and  indeter- 
minate across  wings,  showing  mostly  as  dark  dashes  on  veins ;  outer  space  dai'ker, 
more  broad  apically,  showing  an  included  dentate  line  parallel  with  outer  margin  ; 
marginal  line  black  ;  hind  wings  light  clay  fuscous  with  faint  double  median 
cross-line;  beneath  much  as  above,  but  much  fainter. 

Vancouver  Island,  British  Columbia. 

H.  COStiguttata  n.  sp. — Expands  25  mm.  Palpi  blackish  gray  ;  front  gray, 
black  below ;  thorax  light  gray  on  extreme  front,  collar  and  posteriorly,  with  a 
black  band  across  between  anterior  half  of  base  of  fore  wings.  Abdomen  white, 
stained  somewhat  on  antei'ior  part  of  segments  with  fuscous.  Wings  white, 
somewhat  stained  with  fuscous  ;  fore  wings  with  two  subtriangular  black  spots 
along  costa,  followed  in  each  case  by  fine  geminate  wavy  black  lines  limiting  the 
middle  field,  the  course  being  much  as  in  X.  abrasnria  H.-Sch.,  the  veins  on  the 
course  of  these  lines  somewhat  marked  with  black  dashes;  outer  field  clouded, 
faintly  showing  submarginal  lighter  scalhiped  line;  marginal  line  black,  broken, 
two  spots  between  each  of  the  veins;  hind  wings  with  faint  median  line,  mar- 
ginal line  as  on  fore  wings;  beneath  slightly  darker,  costal  .spots  indistinct,  lines 
indistinct,  almost  obsolete. 

California,  from  Hy.  Edwards.  In  a2:)pearance  very  much  like 
Thamnonoma  subcessuria  Walk. 


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33.  TRIPHOSA  Steph. 
Cat.  44,  1829. 

Type  dnhitata  L. 

Palpi  rather  long,  stout,  long  scaled  at  base,  subascending  ;  tongue 
developed ;  front  with  scale  tuft ;  antennae  of  %  slightly  flattened, 
finely  ciliate ;  thorax  tufted  posteriorly.  Abdomen  tufted  at  end  ; 
hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  two  accessory  cells, 
12  veins;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  be- 
yond middle,  outer  margin  of  wings  scalloped. 

Plerocyinia  Hiib.,  Verz.  330,  1818,  has  dubitata  catalogued  under 
it,  but  the  first  and  more  prominent  species,  eervinata  has  bipectinate 
antennae,  and  taking  that  as  type,  the  genus  becomes  a  synonym  of 
Xanthorhce  Hiib.,  Verz.  327,  1818. 
Species. — T.  dubitata  Linn. 

T.  progressata  Walk,  (indubitata  Grt.) 

34.  C<E]¥OCAl,PE  Hiib. 

Verz.  330.  1818. 
Coryihea  Dup.,  Cat.  Meth.  257,  1844,  type  juniperata  L. 
Stnmnodes  Guen.,  Phal.  ii,  515,  1857,  typo  pauperaria  Evers. 

Palpi  moderate,  or  quite  long ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  smooth, 
.sometimes  flat,  sometimes  rounded  and  protuberant ;  antennae  of  % 
filiform,  flattened,  finely  ciliate  beneath ;  thorax  and  abdomen  un- 
tufted ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 
12  veins,  two  accessory  cells;  hind  wings  8  with  cell  to  beyond 
middle. 

A  genus  as  here  limited  with  considerable  variation  in  structure. 
The  species  agree,  however,  in  the  flattened  antennae  of  the  S  . 

Species : — 
C.  aurata  Grt.  fc.  gibbocostata  Walk. 

iTj.  maqnoliata  Guen.  C.  annellata  Hulst. 

f  C._  oxuqramma,  Hulst.  n.  sp.  C.  morrisata  Hulst. 

'  G  carneaia  Pack^  C.  tessellata  Pack. 

C.  alaskce  Hulst,  n.  sp.  C.  fervifactaria  Grt. 

fC.  parinotata^felL  (C.  formo.mta  Streck, 

fc.  polygrammata  Hulst.  n.  sp.  C.  seifertii  Neum. 

C.  alaskse  n.  sp.— Expands  28  mm.  Palpi  blackish  and  ochreous,  slender,  por- 
rect,  strongly  scaled  ;  clypeus  tufted  ;  antennse  fuscous  ochreous,  flattened,  scarcely 
ciliate  beneath;  thorax  ochreous.  Abdomen  ochreous,  interlined  with  fuscous 
ochreous  on  each  segment ;  fore  wings  ochreous  brown,  darker  on  basal  field  and 
medially,  the  latter  forming  a  distinct  band  quite  even  and  of  even  width  en- 

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288  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

closing  the  distinct  discal  spot  at  about  its  middle:  outer  space  also  darker,  edged 
within  with  a  sinuous  dark  line  followed  by  a  line  of  ground  color,  and  the  band 
broken  by  the  lighter  veins  which  are  of  the  ground  color  of  the  wings ;  mar- 
ginal line  brown  ;  hind  wings  light  oehreous,  becoming  more  pronounced  ochre- 
ous  outwardly  :  beneath  all  wings  of  an  even  smoky  oehreous  color,  the  fore 
wings  showing  a  shade  darker  outwardly,  and  within  apex  along  costa. 

Alaska.  Two  specimens  from  Prof.  Riley,  neither  in  good  con- 
dition. 

V.  |»olygraniinata  n.  sp.— Expands  18-22  mm.  Palpi  gray  or  blackisli 
gray,  extended,  heavy,  porrect  or  drooping;  clypeus  tufted,  gray  or  blackish 
gray :  thorax  slightly  tufted  posteriorly,  gray  or  blackish  gray.  Abdomen  ringed, 
varying  from  light  to  dark  gray,  and  also  sometimes  stained  with  ocher ;  fore 
wings  light  gray  to  gray  crossed  by  many  nearly  parallel  cross-lines,  these  not  so 
heavy  generally  on  basal  space,  and  on  outer  space,  giving  in  most  cases  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  broad  central  band  running  evenly  across  the  wing,  the  discal  por- 
tion narrowly  being  a  shade  lighter,  and  the  outer  and  inner  lines  here  being 
less  parallel ;  the  outer  space  is  sometimes  narrowly  lighter  outside  middle  band, 
often  broadly  so,  the  whole  space  being  of  the  same  color,  and  this  and  basal 
spa(!e  often  also  tinted  with  ocher  yellow :  margin  somewhat  darker,  with  a  nar- 
row, even,  dentate,  whitish  line  parallel  with  outer  margin. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce ;  California,  from  Dr.  Riley ;  Ariz. 

C.  oxygi-amiiia  n.  sp.— Expands  34  mm.  Palpi  and  face  fuscous  gray,  the 
palpi  short  and  scaly  :  thorax  light  gray,  patagise  whitish.  Abdomen  ringed  with 
gray  and  whitish,  ocher  tinted  towards  end;  fore  wings  white,  somewhat  dull, 
with  blackish  cross-lines,  the  first  basal  bent  even,  extreme  base  blackish,  then  a 
narrow  band  within  discal  spot  bent  outward  at  cell,  then  wavy  to  before  vein  1, 
there  bent  at  a  right  angle  towards  base  following  the  Hue,  then  again  bent  at  a 
right  angle  to  inner  margin,  this  darker  on  margins  and  the  same  width  across 
the  wing;  another  band  of  like  width  and  color  beyond  discal  spot  sinuous,  with 
three  bends  across  the  wing  in  the  general  direction  of  outer  margin  merging 
with  previous  band  at  middle  of  wing  and  then  separating  to  inner  margin,  the 
two  bands  thus  enclosing  a  long  costal  space  and  a  rounded  triangular  space  at 
inner  margin  ;  another  band  inc(miplete,  but  well  marked  near  apex  and  again 
at  vein  5,  almost  obsolete  otherwise ;  marginal  line  of  black  dots,  discal  spot 
black,  the  outer  cell  and  veins  tinged  with  yellow ;  hind  wings  light  gray,  with 
trace  of  median  and  marginal  cross-lines:  beneath  as  above,  but  less  distinct,  the 
two  middle  bands  scarcely  joining. 

Havilah,  Cal.     From  Henry  Edwards. 

35.  9IEL.A:V0I*TIL0X  H.-Sch. 
Aiisen.  Schme.  1855. 

Tyjjc  bifenesfntfinn  H.-Sch. 
Emplocia  Guen.,  Phal.  ii,  .531,  1857,  type  hespe  rid  arid  Guen. 
Palj)i  short,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  short  scaled,  broad, 
somewhat  rounded  ;  anteiuue  flattened,  even,  or  suhdentate  in   %  , 
flattened,  filiform  in   9  .    Thorax  and  abdomen  untufted,  very  closely 


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scaled  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs.  Wings  very 
closely  short  scaled ;  fore  wings  very  rounded  at  apex,  12  veins,  two 
accessory  cells,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4 
widely  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to 
beyond  middle. 

The  genus  is  scarcely  warranted,  as  it  is  not  sharply  distinct  struc- 
turally from  C(enocalpe,  but  it  has  a  very  different  color  aspect,  has 
rounded  fore  wings,  and  the  vestiture  of  body  and  wings  is  veiy 
short  and  close. 

Species. — M.  cephisarimn  Grt. 

31.  cephisarium  Grt.  may  be  Melanchoria  inconstans  Hiib. 

36.  MARMOPTERYX  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  259,  1876. 

Type  marmorata  Pack. 
Marmaropteryx  Gump.  Nova  Act.  Halle,  49,  332,  1887. 

Palpi  short,  rather  heavy  ;  tongue  developed  ;  clypeus  very  promi- 
nent, rounded,  swollen,  scaled,  subcircular;  antennae  of  %  flattened, 
the  segments  even,  of  9  filiform  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ; 
fore  legs  with  tibiae  spined  at  end  ;  hind  legs  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  ; 
fore  wings  12  veined,  two  accessory  cells,  10  and  11  from  cell,  3  and 
4  from  a  point ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  short 
stemmed,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

The  species  of  this  genus  and  other  species  formerly  grouped 
under  3Iarmopteryx  beyond  question  belong  to  the  Hydriomeuidte. 
They  have  no  affinities  whatever,  so  far  as  I  can  see,  with  the  En- 
nomidae,  or  the  old  subfamily  Macariidse,  where  they  were  formerly 
placed. 

Species. — 31.  marmorata  Pack. 

31.  odontata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

M.  odontata  n.  sp. — Expands  38-44  mm.  Near  31.  mnrmoratn  Pack.,  of 
which  it  may  be  the  Colorado  form,  though  very  different  in  appearance.  Palpi 
reddish  ocher:  front  less  reddish,  summit  of  head  ocher;  collar  and  anterior  part 
of  patajiiiB  reddish  ocher,  the  rest  of  the  thorax  light  ocher,  as  is  also  the  abdo- 
men. Wings  light  ocher.  more  reddish  along  costa  and  on  outer  field,  and  de- 
cidedly so  on  either  side  costally  of  the  outer  line.  The  color  of  costa  broken 
by  two  squares  of  lighter  color  ;  outer  line  distinct  towards  costa.  broad,  whitish, 
rounded  at  vein  5.  fading  out  towards  inner  margin  ;  hind  wings  evenly  colored, 
the  band  below  faintly  showing  through  ;  fringes  of  fore  wings  checkered  with 
white,  of  hind  wings  uniform  white;  beneath  as  above  in  markings,  the  outer 
field  lighter,  the  rest  of  the  wing  darker  than  above;  outer  field  white  at  apex, 
smoky  posteriorly,  reddish  on  both  sides  of  outer  line  at  costa;  hind  wings  white. 

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290  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

brown  striations  forming  an  indistinct  band  on  outer  margin,  a  similar  band 
beginning  at  anal  angle  and  reaching  one-half  across  wing  ;  at  the  middle  another 
even  band,  red,  forming  an  angle  at  vein  6;  base  somewhat  striated  with  brown. 
Legs  darker  than  thorax. 

Colorado.  The  general  markings  are  like  marmorata  Pack,  above, 
but  differ  very  decidedly  below. 

37.  GYPSOC'HROA  Hiib. 
Verz.  336,  1818. 

Type  albiilata  Scbif. 

Cidaria  Treits.,  Sch.  Eu.  vi,  2,  242.  1828,  type  designnta  Rott. 

Z  nodonfa  Sodof.,  Bull.  Soc.  Mosc.  p.  126,  1837,  type  designata  Rott. 

Palpi  moderate,  or  quite  long,  porrect ;  front  with  tuft  of  scales  ; 
tongue  developed  ;  antennae  dentate,  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each 
.segment ;  thorax  with  low  posterior  tuft.  Abdomen  tufted  at  end  ; 
hind  tibise  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells  ; 
hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 
Species. -/-G.  designata  Bork. 

G.  hcesitata  Guen.  (albosignata  Pack). 

38.  EURHINOSEA  Pack. 
Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  xvi,  35.  1874. 

Type  flavata  Pack. 
Palpi  long,  somewhat  drooping  at  end ;  tongue  developed  ;  cly- 
peus  slightly  or  not  at  all  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  dentate  and  strongly 
pubescent ;  ?  ciliate ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  hind  tibiae 
with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  12  veined,  one  accessory  cell,  3 
and  4  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  10  on  11,  11  from  cell,  12  free; 
hind  wings  3  and  4  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  and  7  stemmed, 
8  anastomosing  v/ith  cell  to  beyond  middle. 
Species. —  E.  flavata  Pack. 

E.  leoninata  Pack. 
E.  maneipata  Guen. 

39.  PSVCHOPHORA  Curt. 
Type  sabinii  Curt. 

Palpi  porrect,  rough  haired,  moderate;  tongue  developed;  cly- 
peus  very  broad,  flattish,  rough  scaled ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  , 
filiform  pubescent  in  $  ;  thorax  rough  hairy.  Abdomen  rough 
hairy,  untufted.  Wings  vestiture  hairy,  fore  wings  12  veined,  two 
accessorv  cells,  3  and  4  close  at  base,  10  and  11  from  cell,  12  free  ; 


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hind  wings  8  veined,  3  and  4  close  together,  5  at  the  middle  of  cell, 
6  and  7  stemmed,  8  anastomosing  with  cell  to.  beyond  middle ;  hind 
legs  with  two  pairs  of  spurs. 

I  have  a  specimen  of  P.  phocata  sent  me  by  Mr.  Moeschler,  and 
therefore  typical,  and  I  can  see  no  difference  between  it  and  P. 
sabinii  Curt.,  of  which  I  saw  the  type  in  the  British  Museum. 
Species. — P.  sabinii  Curt,  (phocata  Moesch.) 

40.  TRICHOCHL.AMYS  n.  gen. 
Type  polata  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  long  haired ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
rough  with  projecting  hairs ;  antennae  flattened,  even,  finely  ciliate, 
or  nearly  naked  in  %  ,  filiform  ciliate  in  9  ;  thorax  loosely  rough 
hairy  scaled  or  hairy.  Abdomen  rough  scaled  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells  ;  hind  wings  8  veins, 
8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Mr.  Meyrick  catalogues  polata  under  Dasyuris  Guen.,  which  it 
closely  approaches  But  Dasyuris  has  the  antennae  of  %  dentate, 
which  polata  has  not.  I  therefore  propose  the  above  as  a  designa- 
tion of  the  genus. 

Species. —  T.  polata  Hiib. 
T.  lacteata  Pack. 

41.  ERSEFHIIiA  n.  gen. 
Type  grandipennis  Hulst. 
Palpi  long,  subascending,  end  member  horizontal ;  front  smooth, 
rounded,  prominent ;  antennae  shortly  bipectinate,  fasciculate  in  Z  , 
filiform  in  9  ;  thorax  with  posterior  tuft.  Abdomen  of  S  with 
anal  tuft ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  wnth  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 
12  veins,  two  accessory  cells;  hind  wings  extended,  broad,  8  veins, 
5  near  4,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle. 

Near  Xanthorhoe,  but  with  long  palpi.  Nearer  Hydriomena,  but 
the  antennae  have  short  pectinations. 

Species. — E.  grandipeiDm  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

E.  graiiclipeiinis  n.  sp. — Expands  42-52  mm.  Palpi,  head,  thorax  and 
abdomen  fuscous  gray,  the  thorax  more  mixed  with  black  scales  ;  antennae  dark 
fuscous;  fore  wings  gray,  somewhat  washed  with  fuscous,  and  marked  with  va- 
rious black  cross-lines;  the  first  basal  broken,  the  next  close  to  the  first,  rounded, 
broad  near  middle ,  the  next  one-third  out,  and  rather  an  intermitted  band  show- 
ing in  a  broad  blackish  spot  subcostally  and  next  to  inner  margin  ;  the  next  line 
is  about  the  middle,  narrow,  quite  distinct,  rounded  outwaidly  at  submedian, 

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292  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

dentate  outward  on  vein  2,  with  a  deep  sinus  following,  then  rounding  out  to 
inner  margin ;  another  line  subparallel,  but  not  so  irregular,  beyond  this:  finally 
one  beginning  at  a  blackish  spot  on  costa,  strongly  dentate  on  veins  to  middle, 
then  faint  and  quite  straight  to  within  posterior  angle  ;  hind  wings  fuscous  gray, 
veins  a  little  darker,  a  faint  lighter  band  beyond  middle,  the  wings  becoming 
dark  fuscous  outwardly ;  marginal  line  on  fore  wings  black,  broken,  the  fringes 
checkered  ;  on  hind  wing  marginal  band  present,  continuous,  fringes  interlined  ; 
beneath  dark  cinereous,  the  markings  above  reproduced,  but  less  definitely. 
Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce,  also  from  California  and  Washington. 

42.  XANTHORHOK  Hiib. 
Verz.  327,  1818  (Petrophora  Hiib.  Tentamen  1810). 

Type  montanata  Bork. 
•Calostygia  Hiib..  Verz.  328,  1818,  type  turbafa  Hiib. 
Melanydris  Hiib..  Verz.  329,  1818,  type  incursata  Hiib. 
Plerocymia  Hiib..  Verz.  330,  1818,  type  cervinata  Schilf. 
Amwba  Hiib.,  Verz.  333.  1818,  type  viridnria  Fab. 
Ochyria  Hiib.,  Verz.  334.  1818,  type  qnadrifasciaria  Clerck. 
Onychia  Hiib.,  Verz.  334,  1818,  type  peribolata  Harv. 
f<cotopteryx  Hiib..  Verz.  338,  1818,  type  coarctata  Hiib. 
Ortholifha  Hiib.,  Verz.  338.  1818,  type  plumbaria  Fab. 
Mesotype  Hiib.,  Verz.  338,  1818.  ty^te  parallelaria  Hiib. 
Euboliu  Dup..  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  162,  1829,  type  limifatn  Scop. 
Larentia  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii.  358.  1829.  type  cervinata  Schifi^. 
Zeryntha  Curt.,  Brit.  Ent.  296,  1830,  type  didymnta  L. 
Cymazonita  Sodof ,  Bull.  Imp.  Soc.  Mosc.  126   1837,  type  montanata  Bork. 
Eusebia  Dup.,  Cat.  Meth.  249,  1844,  type  bipunctaria  Schif. 
Coremia  Guen.,  Phal.  ii,  408,  1857,  type  munitaia  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  clypeus  smooth,  or 
slightly  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  bipeetinate,  of  9  filiform  ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibi;*  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  shortly  stemmed 
with  7  or  separate  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  with  cell  to  beyond  middle 

Species : — 
X.  volucer  Hulst,  n.  sp.  A",  mimitata  Hiib. 

A',  incurmta  Hiib.  fX.  ferragata  Hiib. 

fX.  abrasaj'la  H.-8ch.  [_Gn.)      X.  uiiidentaria  Haw. 

A",  multllmeata  Pack,  (implicata     A',  montaitata  Haw. 
X.  illocata  Hulst,  n.  sp.  /  A"^.  convallaria  Guen. 

X.  borealis  Hulst,  n.  sp.  X.  defensaria  Guen. 

X.  nemorella  Hulst,  n.  sp.  X.  fiuctuata  L. 

X.  algiduta  Moesch. 

X.  borealis  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Antennte  blackish  ;  head  fuscous 
brown,  reddish  at  summit;  thorax  and  abdomen  dark  fuscous.     Wings  dull  fus- 


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cous  ophreous ;  base  dark  brown,  aud  a  central  broad  band  of  tbe  same  color. 
The  central  band  evenly  rounded  within,  and  the  basal  portion  rounded  without, 
the  ground  color  between  having  its  sides  subparallel  and  nearly  as  wide  at  costa 
as  at  inner  margin  ;  outer  edge  of  central  band  somewhat  sinuous  wavy,  the  band 
itself  being  nearly  as  broad  at  inner  margin  as  at  costa,  an  outer  scalloped  line 
brown,  the  teeth  inward;  faint  indications  of  submargiual  wavy  lines;  hind 
wings  same  color  as  fore  wings  with  the  wing  to  middle  considerably  darker ; 
faint  indications  of  outer  wavy  lines;  discal  spots  black,  distinct  on  all  wings, 
somewhat  elongate  on  fore  wings;  underneath  fuscous,  the  inner  half  of  all 
wings  darker:  discal  spots  as  above. 

Alaska. 

X.  ueinorella  n.  sp  — Expands  31  33  mm.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen 
dark  fuscous  ochreous.  Wings  smoky  ochreous,  with  a  baud  of  chocolate-brown 
on  fore  wings  near  middle.  This  band  is  evenly  rounded  within,  sinuous  without, 
three  to  four  times  broader  at  costa  than  at  inner  margin  :  faint  indications  of 
submargiual  wavy  shades;  hind  wings  without  band,  but  with  faint  wavy  shad- 
ings; discal  spots  wanting  on  hind  wings,  and  scarcely  or  not  at  all  evident  on 
fore  wings ;  veins  on  fore  wings  bi-okeuly  lined  with  black ;  beneath  as  above, 
with  a  strong  reddish  shading,  the  central  band  faiutl.v  showing  on  fore  wings, 
and  a  faint  dentated  central  line  on  hind  wings. 

California  ;  Alaska  ;  Aleutian  Islands.  Very  much  like  the  pre- 
ceding species,  but  with  fore  wings  more  pointed  and  subfalcate, 
larger,  and  with  a  differently  shaped  central  band. 

X.  illocata  n.  sp. — Expands  30-32  mm.  Head  fuscous;  thorax  and  abdo- 
men fuscous  cinereous;  fore  wings  pointed,  somewhat  falcate,  light  cinereous, 
with  a  smoky  washing ;  fore  wings  without  band,  in  some  specimens  without  in- 
dications of  one,  in  others  with  outer  lines  of  a  central  band  present,  black,  wavy 
on  both  sides,  more  separate  at  costa  than  at  inner  margin;  hind  wings  unicol- 
oroHs,  discal  spots  faint  or  absent  on  all  wings  ;  beneath  color  as  ground  color 
above  without  markings. 

Alaska ;  Oregon.  This  is  closely  allied  with  the  two  preceding. 
My  material  is  not  very  large,  and  it  is  possible  that  with  more  ma- 
terial they  may  be  found  to  intergrade.  A'^.  nemorella  has  superfi- 
cially very  much  the  sauie  appearance  as  Zoiophleps  lignicolorata 
Pack.,  though  the  band  of  the  fore  wings  is  much  more  distinct. 

X.  volucer  n.  sp. — Expands  30-34  mm.  Palpi  ocher  fuscous  or  blackish  ; 
front  and  tliorax  ocher  fuscous,  or  fuscous  gray.  Abdomen  ochreous  ;  fore  wings 
mouse-gray  to  ocher  gray,  darker  narrowly  along  costa,  unicolorous,  except  a 
broad  outer  lightening  of  color  beginning  at  costa  extending  backward  to  vein  5, 
then  making  almost  a  right  angle  inward,  gradually  fading  from  costa  and  be- 
coming lost  beyond  the  angle  :  hind  wings  color  of  fore  wings,  or  a  sliade  lighter, 
unicolorous,  or  with  a  faint  dentate  black  line  running  from  middle  of  inner 
margin  subparallel  with  outer  margin  and  on  submargiual  space  ;  beneath  much 
as  above  on  fore  wings,  but  the  marginal  field  darker;  costal  edge  at  base  jet 
black,  and  an   indication  of  a  black  line  at  costa  within  outer  band,  which  is 

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294  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

fainter  than  above  ;  hind  wings  mouse-gray,  veins  at  cell  some  marked  with  black 
scales;  an  outer  black  line  beginning  at  middle  of  inner  margin  ringing  out- 
wardly subparallel  with  outer  margin,  with  outward  teeth  on  veins  becoming 
broken,  indistinct  and  deeply  dentate  on  veins  towards  anterior  margin. 

New  Mexico  ;  Arizona ;  Colorado.  The  New  Mexico  specimen 
from  Mr.  Cockerell  taken  at  8auta  Fe  in  July. 

43.  L.0X0FID01VIA  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  213,  1876. 

Type  acidaliata  Pack. 
Thyone  Meyr,  Tr.  N.  Zeal.  Inst,  xvi,  61,  1883,  type  abrogatn  Walk. 
Asaphodes  Meyr.  Tr.  N.  Zeal.  Inst,  xviii,  184,  1885,  type  abrogata  Walk. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  long  rough  scaled,  or  hairy ;  tongue  devel- 
oped ;  front  rough  scaled ;  antennse  of  %  bipectinate ;  thorax  and 
abdomen  rough  scaled  or  hairy,  untufted ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs. 
Wings  broad,  even  ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  5  nearer 
6  than  4  in  type ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  with  cell  almost  its  whole 
length. 

The  synonyms  are  given  on  authority  of  Mr.  Meyrick. 
Species. — L.  acidaliata  Pack. 
L.  frigidaria  Guen. 

MONOCTENIIN^. 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

1.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate 2. 

Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 2.  $!iynoinila. 

2.  Fore  wings  7  stemmed  with  8 3. 

Fore  wings  7  separate  from  8 1.  Iflelanuiniiia. 

3.  Antennae  of  %,  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on  short  pectinations 4.  Paota. 

Antennae  of  %  with  long  pectinations  without  fascicles  of  hairs. 

3.  Hsematopsis. 

1.  IIII:L.A]IV0]VI]»IA  Grt. 
Tr.  A.  E.  S.  5.  117,  1875. 

Type  auricinctarium  Grt. 

Palj)i  long,  slender,  erect,  or  strongly  ascending,  end  member  lon- 
ger than  usual ;  tongue  developed ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  of 
$  filiform  with  a  spinous  hair  from  summit  of  each  segment ;  hind 
tibiae  with  all  spurs ;  12  veins,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10  and  11  separate,  6  below 
middle  of  cell,  12  free ;  hind  wings,  3  and  4  short  stemmed  ;  5  near 
to  4,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  shortly  joined  to  cell  at  base,  diverging 
almost  Sterrhid  like. 


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I  place  this  genus  here  doubtfully,  as  I  am  not  altogether  sure  it 
is  a  Geometer.  The  venation  of  the  hind  wings  is  about  as  much 
like  that  of  the  Sterrhinse  as  of  this  subfamily,  but,  in  other  respects 
while  peculiar,  it  seems  better  placed  here.  I  have  no  %  ,  and  can 
give  only  the  character  of  the  %  antennse,  which  was  the  only 
structual  character  of  the  %  given  by  Mr.  Grote. 
Species. — 31.  auricinctarium  Grt. 

2.  SYNOMIL,A  n.  gen. 
Type,  subochreata  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  slender  ;  tongue  obsolete  ;  front  flat ;  antennae  filiform 
pubescent  in  both  sexes ;  hind  legs  without  spurs,  weak,  somewhat 
aborted  in  %  ;  fore  wings  one  accessory  cell,  12  veins,  6  separate ; 
hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  with  cell 
nearly  to  middle. 

Species. — S.  subochreata  Hulst. 

3.  H^MATOPSIS  Hiib. 
Vera.  301,  1818. 

Type  grataria  Fab. 

Palpi  short,  slender ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  bulging,  flattened  ; 
antennae  strongly  bipectinate  in  S  ,  simple  in  9  ;  hind  tibiae  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings,  one  accessory  cell,  12 
veined,  6  separate ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7 
.stemmed ;  8  joined  with  cell,  but  separating  before  middle. 
Species. — H.  grataria  Fab. 

4..  PAOTA  n.  gen. 
Type  fuUaria  Grt. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  porrect ;  front  flattened,  scaled,  untufted  ; 
tongue  developed  ;  antennae  shortly  bipectinate  in  %  ,  with  a  fascicle 
of  hairs  on  each  pectination ;  hind  tibiae  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 
12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  6  and  7  separate;  hind  wings  8  veins, 
3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  joined  with  cell  nearly  to 
middle. 

Species. — P.  fultaria  Grt. 

STERRHIN^. 

The  Sterrhinae  are  a  group  separated  by  the  peculiar  merging  of 
vein  8  of  hind  wings  with  the  cell.  They  are,  in  the  main,  small, 
frail  insects,  and  in  the  more  specialized  forms  show  decided  pecu- 

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296  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

liarities.  A  very  common,  and  perhaps  the  most  remarkable  of 
these,  is  the  tendency  of  the  hind  legs  to  obsolescence,  in  part  or  as 
a  whole.  The  spurs  are  often  partly  or  altogether  absent.  Some- 
times the  hind  tibice  are  largely  developed  with  heavy  hair  pencil  in 
the  males,  the  tarsi  being  much  shortened,  and  again  the  whole  leg 
is  sometimes  practically  obsolete  in  the  males.  The  development 
seems  to  have  been  as  follows  :  The  hair  pencil  has  developed  on  the 
hind  tibipe,  and,  with  its  increased  development  and  use  for  orna- 
mentation, the  spurs  and  tarsi  have  been  absorbed,  so  that  the  hind 
legs  have  become  useless  for  their  normal  purpose.  A  change  of 
development  then  seems  to  have  taken  place ;  the  pencil  has  been 
gradually  aborted,  and  the  leg  being  useless  for  its  normal  purpose 
has  tended  to  become  obsolete.  I  have  found  no  instance  where  the 
leg  is  absolutely  wanting,  but  there  are  many  where  it  is  very  de- 
cidedly reduced.  This  tendency,  also  shown  among  the  Geometrinse, 
is,  so  far  as  I  knowj  unique  among  the  Lepidoptera. 

In  this  family  the  tongue  is  always  developed,  the  fore  tibiae  are 
never  clawed,  and  the  clypeus  never  tubercled.  The  venation  of 
the  fore  wings  is  to  an  extent  variable,  but  the  number  of  accessory 
cells  is  rarely  subject  to  variation.  A  peculiar  feature  is  the  ab- 
normal and  deltoid  development  of  the  palpi  in  a  few  species. 

Of  the  typical  genus  Sterrha  Hiib.,  of  which  Acidalia  Treit.  is  a 
synonym,  I  have  as  yet  found  no  representative  in  our  fauna. 

STERRHIN^. 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

1.  Hind  tibise  of   9   with  upper  spurs  present 2. 

Hind  tibise  of   9  with  upper  spurs  absent 13. 

2.  Hind  tibise  of   %  witii  end  spurs  present 3. 

Hind  tibise  of   %  with  end  spurs  absent 9. 

3.  Hind  tibise  of   %  with  upper  spurs  present 4. 

Hind  tibise  of   %  with  upper  spurs  absent 6. 

4.  Palpi  long 5. 

Palpi  moderate 1.  Calothysanis. 

5.  Pal])i  very  long,  deltoid  ;  fore  wings  10  on  9 5.  flycteropliora. 

Palpi  long,  fore  wings  10  on  11 4.  ProNaparia. 

6.  Antennse  of   %  bipectinate 7. 

Antennse  of   %  not  bipectinate 8. 

7.  Fore  wings  with  accessory  cell 7.  Lieucoplitlialiiiia. 

Fore  wings  without  accessory  cell 6.  Deptalia. 

8.  Fore  wings  with  accessory  cell 10.  Ciiiglis. 

Fore  wings  without  accessory  cell 17.  Hiigela. 


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9    Fore  wings  with  no  accessory  cell,  or  one  only 10. 

Fore  wings  with  two  accessory  cells 11. 

10.  Abdomen  of  %  tufted  laterally  at  end 8    Synelys. 

Abdomen  of   ^  not  tufted  laterally  at  end 13.  L.eptoilieris. 

11.  Fore  wings  extended,  acute;  hind  wings  strongly  angulate 2.  Pigia. 

Fore  wings  uomial ;  hind  wings  rounded 12. 

12.  Hind  wings  with  fringe  of  hairs  beneath  at  base  of  vein  8. 

11.  Scelolophia. 
Hind  wings  with  no  such  fringe 12.  Cliaroiiiinatsea. 

13.  Hind  tibise  of   %  with  end  spurs  present 15.   I<:inniiltis. 

Hind  tibise  of   %  with  end  spurs  absent 14. 

14.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate 9.  Xystrota. 

Antennae  of   "J,  not  bipectinate 15. 

15.  Middle  and  hind  legs  fringed  with  hairs 16.  Pteuopoda. 

Middle  and  hind  legs  not  fringed  with  hairs 16. 

16.  Hind  wings  of  %  with  hair  fringe  along  inner  margin 17. 

Hind  wings  of  %  without  such  fringe 18. 

17.  Fore  wings  8  veined 19.  Goiiiacidalia. 

Fore  wings  12  veined 18.   Lophosis. 

18.  Hind  wings  rounded  inwardly  at  vein  5 3.  Eiiacidalia. 

Hind  wings  not  rounded  inwardly  at  vein  5 14.  EoiN. 

1.  CAL,OTHYSA»fIS  Hiib. 

Verz.  301,  1818  (Erastria  Hiib.,  Tentamen  1810). 

Type  amata  Linn. 

Bradypetes  Steph.,  Cat.  128,  1829,  type  amata  L. 
Timandra  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  224,  1829,  type  amata  L. 

Palpi  short,  slender  ;  face  fla^t ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennae  strongly 
bipectinate ;  hind  tibise  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore 
wings,  one  accessory  cell,  12  veins,  6  separate,  11  from  cell;  hind 
wings,  8  veins,  6  and  7  separate  or  stemmed,  8  shortly  joined  with 
cell  near  base  then  rapidly  diverging. 
Species. —  C  amaturaria  Wlk. 

C.  viridipennaria  Guen. 

'    2.  PIGIA  Guen. 
•     Phal.  ii.  19,  1857. 

Type  tergeminaria  H.-Sch. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rather  stout ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
flat,  narrow ;  antennte  of  %  simple,  with  fine  fascicles  of  hairs,  4  on 
each  segment ;  hind  tibise  of  %  without  spurs,  swollen,  with  strong 
hair  pencil,  tarsi  nearly  aborted ;  hind  tibise  of  9  Avith  two  pairs 
of  spurs ;  fore  wings,  12  veins,  two  accessory  cells,  6  separate ;  hind 
wings,  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  separate  or  stemmed,  8 

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298  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

shortly  joined  with  cell  then  rapidly  diverging  ;  fore  wing  with  apex 
extended,  acute ;  hind  wings  quadrate  with  strong  angle  at  vein  4 
on  outer  margin. 

Species. — P.  multilineata  Hulst. 

3.  EUACIDAIilA  Pack. 
Fifth  Report  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.  69, 1873. 

Type  sericeata  Pack. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  ascending ;  front  smooth ;  antennae  of 
%  dentate  ciliate ;  hind  tibiae  of  S  without  spurs,  without  hair 
pencil,  very  weak  and  partially  aborted,  of  9  with  end  spurs  only ; 
fore  wings  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings 
8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed  ;  the  outer  edge  of  the  wing  is  rounded  in 
at  vein  5,  and  again  more  slightly  just  above  anal  angle,  this  latter 
being  more  decided  in  the  9  than  in  the  S  . 

Very  near  to  Eois,  and  distinguished  only  by  the  inner  sinus  of 
the  hind  wings  at  vein  5. 

(Species. — E.  sericeata  Pack. 

4.  PROS  A  PARI  A  Grt. 
Can.  Ent.  xv,  130,  1883. 

Type  perfuscaria  Grt. 

Palpi  very  long,  projected  forward,  porrect  or  subascending ;  cly- 
peus  flat,  close  scaled  ;  antennae  of  S  bipectinate  ;  tongue  obsolete  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  apex  pointed,  outer  margin  even,  two 
accessory  cells,  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  5  near  4,  6  separate,  7 
separate,  8  stemmed  with  9,  10  stemmed  with  11,  12  separate;  hind 
wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  5  near  4,  6  and  7  separate,  8  joined 
with  cell  shortly,  then  rapidly  diverging. 
Species. — P.  fuscaria  Grt. 

5.  MYC'TEROPHORA  n.  gen. 
Type  monticola  Hulst. 
Palpi  very  long,  deltoid  like,  slender,  porrect,  second  member 
much  the  longest ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennae  strongly  bipectinate 
in  Z  ,  ciliate  in  $  ;  front  with  loose  hairs,  scarcely  tufted ;  hind 
tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  ;  fore  wings  one  accessory  cell,  12  veins, 
3  and  4  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  separate  from  7,  11  from  cell 
separate  from  accessory  cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate, 
5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  and  7  short  stemmed,  8  shortly  joined  to  cell, 
then  rajjidly  diverging. 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  299 

An   aberrant  genus,  distinguished   by  the  extraordinarily  long 
palpi,  which  are  much  more  extended  than  in  any  other  American 
genus.     I  have  only  the    %   of  one  species,  and  only  the  9  of  the 
other,  but  as  far  as  these  give  characteristics  they  are  congeneric. 
Species. — 31.  monticola  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

M.  longipalpata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

M.  monticola  n.  sp. — Expands  32  mm.  Palpi  grayish  black,  ascending 
slightly,  round,  with  loose  projecting  scales,  end  member  black  at  base,  blackish 
gray  at  end ;  front  black,  loosely  scaled ;  summit  buff  colored  ;  antennae  of  % 
black;  thorax  buff  colored.  Legs  blackish,  mixed  with  ocher.  becoming  ochre- 
ous  at  ends  of  joints;  fore  wings  buff  color,  with  an  intermixing  of  fuscous  scales, 
the  color  quite  even  over  all  wings:  a  basal  black  cross-line  angulated  at  middle; 
a  broad  black  cross-line  at  middle  of  wing,  even,  rounded  on  cell ;  an  outer  black 
cross-line  narrower  than  the  preceding,  and  nearly  parallel  with  it,  shortly  den- 
tate its  whole  length  ;  the  outer  field  slightly  shaded :  marginal  line  black ;  a 
black  spot  on  cell  half  way  between  basal  and  middle  cross  lines,  much  further 
towards  base  than  the  ordinary  position  of  the  discal  spot;  hind  wings  with  the 
lines  of  the  fore  wings  continued,  except  that  the  basal  is  obsolete ;  the  outer 
edge  of  the  wings  somewhat  wavy  :  beneath  faintly  showing  the  markings  above  ; 
colors  all  lighter. 

Sierra  Nevada,  California. 

M.  longipalpata  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  dark  gray,  lighter  to- 
wards base,  rounded  with  loose  scales  ;  front  black,  summit  gray  ;  autennse  inter- 
lined, light  gray  and  blackish;  thorax  fuscous  gray:  fore  wings  fuscous,  pretty 
evenly  sprinkled  with  blackish  scales  giving  a  dark  fuscous  gray  color,  there  are 
also  a  few  scattered  scales  of  a  violet-red  color,  these  being  more  prevalent  at 
base  of  fore  wings,  within  discal  spot,  and  over  the  middle  and  outer  field  of  hind 
wings  giving  a  faint  violet  shading  to  the  wings ;  fore  wings  with  a  broken  black 
basal  line,  a  broken  middle  band,  and  a  more  distinct  extra-disi.al  line,  narrow, 
black,  broadly  rounded  at  cell,  wavy  scalloped ;  a  black  spot  on  cell  between  first 
and  second  lines;  marginal  line  black  ;  hind  wings  with  cuter  and  marginal  lines 
of  fore  wings ;  discal  spot  large,  black,  lengthened  ;  both  the  fore  and  hind  wings 
have  waved  outer  margins ;  beneath  as  above,  lighter  and  fainter. 

Soda  Springs,  Siskiyou  County,  California.     From  Mr.  Behrens, 

July  19. 


^ 


6.  DEFTAL.IA  n.  gen. 
Type  insularia  Guen. 
Palpi  erect,  reaching  above  head  ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  rounded, 
short  scaled ;  antennpe  strongly  bipectinate  in  S  ;  hind  tibiae  of  % 
with  only  end  pair  of  spurs  present,  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil ; 
hind  tibiae  of   9  with  both  pairs  of  spurs  present;  fore  wings  with- 
out accessory  cell,  discal  cell  short,  12  veins,  3  and  4  from  a  point, 
6  separate,  7,  8,  9,  10  and  11  on  one  stem  ;  a  tufting  of  long  scales 

TRANS.  AM.  ENT.  SOC.  XXIII.  SEPTEMBER,    1896. 


800  GEORGE    D,    HULST. 

at  base  of  wing  on  subcostal  vein ;  hind  wings  S  veins,  cell  short, 
triangular,  3  and  4  stemmed,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  shortly  joined  with 
cell  near  base,  then  rapidly  diverging. 
,  Species. — D.  insularia  Gn. 

7.  L.EUCOPHTHAL.MIA  Hiib. 
Verz.  302,  1818  (Cydophora  Hiib.,  Tentameu  1810). 

Type  annulata  Schif. 
Cydophora  Hiib.,  Verz.  .SO'2,  1818,  type  annulata  Schlz. 
Cosymbia  Hiib.,  Verz.  302,  1818,  type  pnpiillaria  Hiib. 
»       Codouia  Hiib..  Verz.  302,  1818,  type  punctaria  L. 
Pyctis  Hiib.,  Verz.  309.  1818.  type  frilhiearia  Bork. 
Ephyra  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  20,  1829,  type  pendulinar}.a  CI. 
Zonosoma  Led.,  Z.  B.  Ges.  Wien,  194,  1853,  type  pendidinaria  CI. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  slender ;  front  smooth  ;  antennae  of 
%  bipectinate,  of  9  filiform  ;  hind  tibise  of  %  with  end  spurs  only 
not  swollen  and  without  hair  pencil ;  hind  tibise  of  9  with  all 
spurs  present;    fore  wings  12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  6  separate, 

11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stenniied, 
8  shortly  joined  with  cell,  then  rapidly  diverging. 

Mr.  Meyrick  calls  this  genus  Leacophthalmia.     Cosymbia  is  printed 
before  it  in  the  Verzeichniss,  and  so  has  priority  in  location,  but 
under  the  rules  the  choice  of  Mr.  Meyrick  must  be  followed.     Cydo- 
phora is  preoccupied  in  the  Molusca. 
Species :  — 
[_(]■  myrtarid  Guen.  C.  dataria  Hulst. 

C.  callcarla  Guen.  [Guen.)      C.  albocostaliata  Pack. 

vC. /wme'iaria  Hiib.  (pendulinaria      C.  pannaria  Guen. 
C.  serrulaia  T'acE. 

8.  SYNELYS  n.  gen. 
Type  ennudeata  Guen. 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  front  flat,  short  scaled  ; 
antenne  dentate  fascicled  in  S  ,  ciliate  in   9  .     Abdomen  of  %   with 
small  pencil  of  hairs  laterally  on  last  segment ;    hind  tibiae  of  % 
lengthened,  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  without  spurs,  tarsi  very  short 
and  small ;  of   9   with  two  pairs  of  spurs,  not  swollen  ;  fore  wings 

12  veins,  one  accessory  cell,  6  widely  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell ; 
hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  separate,  the  wings  with  an  angle  at  end 
of  vein  4. 

Species :  — 

'-^.L  ennudeata  Gn.  [  Wlk.)  S.  ordinata  Wlk. 

S.  alahastaria  Hiib.  (reconditaria  8.  xubqLuuh-aki  Gn. 

S.  timandrata  Wlk.  IS.  uinblllcata  Gn. 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  301 

j/9.  XYSTROTA  u.  gen. 
Type  hepaticaria  Guen. 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;    front  smooth ;    antennse  of  %    bipectiuate 
with  fascicle  of  hairs  at  end  of  each  pectination  ;  hind  tibiae  of  S 
without  spurs  or  hair  pencil,  the  whole  leg  almost  obsolete;   hind 
tibite  of   9   without  median  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  out  of  9, 
two  accessory  cells ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed. 
[^Species. — A"^.  hepaticaria  Guen. 

10.  €IiyGIiI»i  Guen. 
Phal.  ii,  114,  1857. 

Type  humifusaria  Evers. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rough  scaled ;  face  smooth  ;  antennae  of 
%  bipectinated,  pectinations  short,  ending  in  fascicles  of  long  cilia ; 
thorax  glabrous  beneath  ;  femora  glabrous ;  posterior  tibiae  of  % 
without  median  spurs,  slender;  of  9  with  all  spurs  present;  fore 
wings  10  out  of  9,  11  anastomosing  with  9;  hind  wings  6  and  7 
stenniied. 

This  is  Mr.  Meyrick's  description  of  the  genus.  I  have  not  seen 
the  type. 

Species : — 
/  C.  luteolata  Hulst.  C.  compensata,  Wlk. 

([  ■■<initloi-i((  Walk.  'C.  ancellata  Hulst. 

/  C.  quad  r  Hi  near  ia  Pack.  C,  fuseata  Hulst. 

C.  purata  Gn.  ;  C.  albidula  Hulstj^  n.  sp. 

<J.  albidula  n.  sp. — Expands  21  mm.  Palpi  whitish  below,  blackish  above ; 
front  blackish  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  white;  all  wings  pure  snow-white,  with  a 
few  scattered  black  scales  intermixed  ;  fore  wings  with  a  faint  blackish  basal  line, 
not  on  hind  wings;  also,  and' continued  on  the  hind  wings,  an  intra-discal  scal- 
loped line,  dentate  outwardly  on  veins  where  the  black  is  emphasized ;  this  is 
slightly  rounding  in  its  course  on  both  wings ;  on  the  hind  wings  the  black  discal 
point  is  outwardly  in  one  of  the  scallops;  a  submarginal,  slightly  wavy,  dentate 
black  line,  parallel  with  outer  margin,  and  on  hind  wings  as  well :  marginal  line 
fine  black  ;  discal  spots  on  all  wings,  fine,  black  ;  beneath  as  above,  more  faintly 
revealing  the  cross-lines. 

S.  Florida.     From  Mrs.  Slosson. 

11.  SCELOLOPHIA  n.  gen. 
Type /ormo«rt  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  slender ;  front  closely  scaled  ;  antennae  subdentate, 
fascicled  ciliate ;  thorax  even.  Abdomen  even,  tufted  laterally  on 
last  segment,  and  with  strong  hair  tufts  on  second  and  third  segments 

TRANS.  AM.  ENT.  SOC.  XXIII.  .SEPTEMBR,   1896. 


302  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

below  ;  hind  tibioe  in  %  short,  without  spurs,  with  strong  hair  pencil, 
and  the  whole  tibia  with  a  fringe  of  hair  ;  tarsi  short.  Wings  even, 
the  hind  wings  below  with  a  fringe  of  hairs  bent  backward  at  base 
of  vein  8,  and  a  smaller  fringe  at  vein  la. 

I  have  the  S   only,  and  can  give  a  diagnosis  from  it  alone. 
Species. — S.formosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  ft>rniosa  n.  sp. — Expands  18  mm.  Palpi  ochreous,  with  a  reddish  tinge: 
front  dull  reddish  ochreous;  thorax  light  violet  lavender.  Abdomen  ochreous : 
fore  wings  light  violet  lavender,  with  some  scattered  blackish  scales ;  fore  wings 
with  costa  dull  red ;  cross-lines  broad,  faint,  yellow  ocher,  one  intra-discal.  a 
second  extra-discal,  a  third  outer,  and  a  fourth  submarginal ;  the  outer  line  is 
undulate  with  a  rounding  outward  at  cell  and  vein  2;  the  submarginal  line  runs 
into  the  outer  margin  at  vein  3 ;  margin  rather  darker  reddish  :  hind  wings  cor- 
responding to  fore  wings,  but  third  line  becomes  submarginal,  and  fourth  line  is 
wanting,  all  very  faint  as  in  fore  wings;  beneath  fore  wings  light  reddish  ochre- 
ous, hind  wings  yellow  ocher  at  base,  light  ocher  outwardly. 
Texas. 

12.  CHAROMMAT^A  n.  gen. 
Type  ella  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rather  stout,  long  scaled  below ;  tongue 
developed ;  front  close  scaled,  smooth ;  antennae  simple,  fascicled 
ciliate ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  of  S  swollen, 
rather  short,  with  pencil  or  fringe  of  long  fine  hairs  clothing  inner 
side  ;  no  spurs  present ;  upper  tarsus  swollen,  lengthened  ;  also  edged 
with  long  fine  hairs,  end  tarsi  slightly  developed ;  hind  tibiae  in  $ 
with  two  pairs  of  spurs  ;  fore  wings  rounded,  even,  two  accessory 
cells,  12  veins,  6  separate  from  7  ;  hind  wings  rounded,  with  a  slight 
tendency  to  angulation  at  vein  4,  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate  or  at  a 
point. 

Easily  known  by  the  unique  shape  and  pencilings  of  the  hind  legs 
in  %  .     The  only  species  is  very  different  in  coloration  from  any  of 
our  other  species,  and  would  scarcely  be  taken  for  a  Sterrhid. 
Species. —  C.  ella  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

C.  ella  n.  sp. — Expands  25-30  mm.  Palpi  dull  purple  reddish  ;  front  dull 
reddish  ;  thorax  bright  golden-yellow.  Abdomen  fuscous  yellow.  Wings  bright 
clear  yellow  ;  fore  wings  with  faint,  rather  broad  blackish  basal  line  showing  in 
three  or  four  spots;  a  faint  extra-discal  line,  and  an  outer  row  of  spots  showing 
between  the  veins ;  this  is  followed  by  a  submarginal  band  of  spots,  larger  and 
more  strongly  marked,  the  ones  at  anal  angle  and  middle  of  the  wings  being 
much  larger  and  more  distinct ;  a  marginal  row  of  black  dots  between  the  veins; 
discal  spot  large,  round,  distinct,  blackish  ;  hind  wings  with  the  lines  of  the  fore 
wings  continued,  except  basal  line;  beneath  as  above,  but  washed  with  purple 
reddish. 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  303 

Central  Texas.  Very  different  in  appearance  from  any  other 
Sterrhid,  and  a  most  beautiful  insect. 

C  ella  var.  ellafina  u.  var. 

I  have  specimens  from  San  Antonio,  Texas,  where  the  brilliant 
golden  yellow  is  buff  with  a  reddish  tinge,  with  the  lines  more  dis- 
tinct, and  the  red  below  more  decided,  and  to  them  I  give  this  va- 
rietal name.     They  have  quite  a  distinct  appearance. 

13.  liEPTOMERIS  Hiib. 
Verz.  310.  1818. 

Type  umbellaria  Hiib. 

Craspedia  Hiib.,  Verz.  312,  1818,  type  ornafa  Scop. 
Dosithea  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  43,  1829,  type  ornata  Scop. 

Palpi  short  or  moderate,  subascending ;   face  smooth ;   antennae 
serrate,  or  dentate  fascicled ;    hind  tibiae  of  %   swollen,  long,  with 
hair  pencil,  without  spurs ;  of   9  with  all  spurs ;  hind  tarsi  of  % 
short,  weak ;  fore  wings  12  veined,  10  out  of  9,  11  from  cell  anasto- 
mosing with  9 ;  hind  wings  with  6  and  7  separate  or  stemmed. 

Species : —  ^ 

L.  gemmata  Pack.  [^Hulst.)    \L.  quinquelinearia  Pack, 

"fL.  laifdaria  Hiib.   (minutularia    /X.  sentinaria  Hiib. 
L.  occidentata  Pack.  L.  ma(jii('tiiria  Gn. 

L.  kevitaria  Hiib.  (floridata  PA;.)      L.  frigUhtria  Moesch. 
L.  roseotinda  Hulst,  n.  sp.  L.  ostentaria  Walk. 

L.  (emulata  Hulst,  n.  sp.  L.  plantagenaria  Hulst. 

li.  roseotincta.  n.  sp. — Expands  18  mm.  Palpi  reddish  ocher;  front  and 
thoi-ax  reddish  ocher.  Abdomen  ocher,  with  a  reddish  tinge,  the  segments  inter- 
lined with  blackish.  Wings  bright  straw-yellow,  basal  field  on  all  wings  reddish 
pink,  and  on  all  wings  an  onter  rather  broad  band  of  the  same  color,  irregular  on 
margins ;  on  fore  wings  there  is  an  extension  outwardly  to  outer  margin  between 
veins  3  and  4,  and  the  same  on  hind  wings  from  veins  2  to  4 ;  beneath  as  above 
exactly,  and  just  as  bright  in  color.     Legs  white  or  ocher.  tinged  with  reddish. 

Florida. 

"li.  semulata;  n.  sp. — Expands  18-20  mm.  Palpi  dark  fuscous,  black  at  end  ; 
front  blackish;  summit  ocher;  thorax  ocher  to  whitish,  with  a  few  black  scales 
intermixed.  Abdomen  whitish  at  base,  becoming  ocher  posteriorly,  and  with 
blackish  interlinings ;  all  wings  dull  clay-white  with  an  ocher  tinge,  powdered 
slightly  with  loose,  scattered,  blackish  scales ;  fore  wings  with  a  faint,  dark  fus- 
cous, extra-discal  band,  subparallel  with  outer  margin,  generally  obsolete  ante- 
riorly, more  definite  towards  inner  margin ;  submarginal  space  fuscous,  more 
decided  towards  anal  angle  with  an  inner  row  of  black  dots  on  veins,  and  an 
included  wavy  lighter  line,  marginal  spots  black  ;  hind  wings  with  the  bands  and 
lines  of  fore  wings  continued,  but  darker  and  more  distinct ;  all  discal  spots  black, 

TRANS.  AM.  ENT.  SOC.  XXIII.  SEPTEMBR,  1896. 


304  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

distinct:  beneath  as  above,  the  black  powdering  more  dense  and  distinct  and  the 
darker  bands  more  emphasized. 

Charlotte  Harbor,  Florida,  from  Mrs.  Slosson,  taken  in  March. 
The  specimens  are  not  bright  in  color  and  may  have  hibernated. 
The  species  is  in  appearance  very  much  like  Cinglis  compensata  Wlk, 

14.  EOI$$  Hub. 

Verz.  308,  1818. 

Type  muricata  Hufn. 
Arrhostia  Hiib.,  Verz.  311,  1818,  type  aversata  L. 
Ftychopoda  Steph.,  Cat.  150,  1829,  type  dilutaria  Hiib. 
Hyria  Steph.,  Cat.  150,  1829,  type  muricata  Hiib. 
Carphoxera  Riley,  Insect  Life,  iv,  112,  1892,  type  ptelearia  Riley. 

Palpi  short  or  moderate,  rather  slender ;  front  smooth  ;  antenna? 
serrate  or  dentate  in  %  ,  with  fascicles  of  hairs ;  hind  tibise  without 
spurs  in  %  ,  the  whole  leg  more  or  less  aborted,  tibise  with  hair  pen- 
cil;  in  9  middle  spurs  wanting;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11 
from  cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed  or  rarely  separate. 

Species : — 
E.  parvularia  Hulst.  E.  pallida  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

E.  ptelearia  Riley.  E.  eburiieata  Guen. 

E.  scintillaria  Hulst.  [^Pack.)  E.  lacteolata  Lint,  [briata  Pk.) 
E.  demissaria  Hiib.  (ferrugata  E.  obfustaria  Walk,  {punctolim- 
E.  hilliata  Hulst.  E.  volucrata  Hulst. 

E.  Jiavescens  Hulst,  n.  sp.  E.  quoisitata  Hulst. 

E.  microphysa  Hulst,  n.  sp.  E.  rotundopennata  Pack. 

E.  delicata  Hulst,  n.  sp.  E.  inductata  Guen. 

(E.  peralbata  Pack.  E.  productata  Pack. 

E.  longipennata  Pack.  E.  australis  Hulst,  n.  sj). 

^  E.  nimbicolor  Hulst,  n.  sp.  E.  sideraria  Guen.  \_Pack.') 

i.E.  ossularia  Hiib.  E.    anticaria    Walk,    (subalbata 

E.  granitata  Pack.  E.  basipunctaria  Walk. 

E.  lanceolata  Hulst,  n.  sp.  E.  refractaria  Walk. 

E.   balistaria  Hiib.    (perirrorata     E.  albifera  Walk. 
E.  rufescens  Hulst,  u.  sp.  l^Pack. ) 

E.  flavescens  n.  sp. — Expands  20  mm.  Palpi  ocher  ;  front  fuscous  ocher  ; 
thorax,  abdomen  and  all  wings  light  ocher;  the  fore  wings  are  slightly  darker 
basally  along  costa,  and  there  is  a  very  faint,  slightly  darker  outer  rounded  line  : 
discal  spot  very  faint  on  fore  wdngs,  smaller,  more  distinct  ou  hind  wings,  black- 
ish ;  beneath  as  above,  the  outer  line  of  fore  wings  showing  a  little  more  plainly. 

Locality  unknown,  but  from  the  United  States,  and  probably 
from  Texas. 


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E.  niicrophysa  n.  sp. — Expands  14  mm.  Palpi  and  front  jet  black  ;  sum- 
mit between  tlie  antennae,  pure  white  ;  collar  blackish  ;  thorax  dark  gray.  Ab- 
domen dark  gray,  interlined  with  blackish ;  all  wings  light  gray,  very  thickly 
powdered  with  blackish  and  fuscous  scales  giving  a  general  dark  gray  color,  this 
varying  in  intensity  a  little,  and  thus  showing  faintly  a  broad  extra  basal  band 
running  nearly  parallel  with  outer  margin,  also  a  slight  lightening  into  a  sub- 
marginal  shading  parallel  with  margin,  the  hind  wings  continuing  these;  discal 
spots  blackish,  fairly  distinct;  beneath  much  as  above,  but  more  fuscous  and  less 
clear. 

Pauamint  Valley,  California.  From  Dr.  Riley,  taken  by  Mr. 
Koebele  on  the  Death  Valley  Expedition.  In  National  Museum 
collection. 

E,  delicata  n.  sp. — Expands  17  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscous  ocher ;  thorax 
ochreous,  as  is  also  the  abdomen  ;  all  wings  straw  ochreous ;  fore  wings  extended, 
pointed,  very  rounded  at  anal  angle  giving  the  wings  an  almost  even  lanceolate 
form ;  a  black,  rather  broad  basal  line,  angulated  outwardly  on  cell,  from  thence 
straight  to  inner  margin  ;  a  blackish  intra-discal  band  and  a  black  extra-discal 
line  slightly  bent  outward  beyond  discal  spot  and  inward  near  inner  margin ;  a 
submarginal  fuscous  cloud,  broadest  at  vein  6  and  between  veins  3  and  5;  hind 
wings  with  the  middle  and  outer  lines  and  the  submarginal  shading  of  the  fore 
wings  continued,  the  shading  broadest  between  veins  2  and  4.  and  between  6  and 
7;  beneath  as  above,  but  fainter. 

Las  Cruces,  New  Mex.,  from  Mr.  Cockerell. 

E.  iiiinbicolor  n.  sp. — Expands  17  mm. — Palpi  dark  fuscous  gray;  front 
blackish  ;  thorax  gray.  Abdomen  fuscous  gray.  Wings  even  light  ash-gray,  with 
three  not  very  distinct  black  wavy  cross-lines,  generally  showing  in  scattered 
black  scales,  one  intra-discal,  another  extra-discal,  rather  broad,  showing  more 
distinctly  at  costa  and  on  the  wings;  a  third  line  outer,  finer,  very  indistinct  on 
fore  wings,  except  at  costa  ;  more  distinct  in  black  dots  on  hind  wings :  discal 
spot  on  bind  wings  faint,  on  fore  wings  not  evident  ;  below  even  cinereous. 

Florida,  taken  in  April. 

E.  lanceolata  n.  sp. — Expands  18-20  mm.  Very  much  in  coloration  and 
appearance  as  Eois  nivalis,  the  wings  scarcely  so  extended  and  pointed.  Palpi 
gray,  blackish  on  tip  ;  front  and  thorax  white,  with  an  intermixture  of  blackish 
scales.  Abdomen  white,  with  interlining  of  fuscous:  all  wings  white,  with  scat- 
tered fuscous  scales  a  little  thicker  in  spots  and  lines  ;  a  broad  intra-discal  fuscous 
cross-line,  not  very  distinct,  and  the  submarginal  space  fuscous,  inner  edge  even, 
parallel  with  outer  margin  ;  hind  wings  with  corresponding  bands,  marginal  lines 
fuscous,  narrow,  fringes  white,  with  scattered  dark  scales;  beneatli  as  above, 
more  clear  and  distinct. 

Argus  Mountains,  California,  April,  from  Dr.  Riley,  and  taken 
by  Mr.  Koebele  on,  I  believe,  the  Death  Valley  Expedition.  In 
National  Museum  collection. 

E.  riifescens  n.  sp.— Expands  20  mm.  Palpi  whitish,  fuscous  tinged  ;  front 
the  same  color ;  thorax  ochreous  fuscous.  Abdomen  ochreous;  fore  wings  rusty 
ochi'eous,  even  in  color,  with  blackish  discal  spot  and  faint  indications  in  a  light- 

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306  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

ened  color  of  even,  straight,  submarginal  lines,  nearly  parallel  with  outer  margin  ; 
marginal  line  blackish,  fringes  white,  interlined  with  black  ;  hind  wings  dirty 
light  fuscous,  with  faint  shadings  of  extra-discal  darker  lines  ;  discal  spot  black- 
ish ;  marginal  line  blackish:  fringes  white,  with  blackish  scales  intermixed; 
beneath  lighter  and  more  clear  in  color  than  above,  the  fore  wings  powdered  with 
black  apically  and  submarginally,  and  the  hind  wings  over  the  whole  surface  ; 
discal  spots  clear,  distinct. 

Austin,  Texas.  Very  near  in  the  shape  and  character  of  mark- 
ings, so  far  as  they  are  apparent,  to  E.  perirrorata  Pack. 

E.  pallida  n.  sp. — Expands  18  mm.  Palpi  and  front  jet  black  ;  thorax 
sordid  gray.  Abdomen  gray  at  base,  ochreous  posteriorly,  with  a  jet  black  lateral 
longitudinal  dash  on  third  and  fourth  segments  ;  antennae  with  fascicles  of  hairs 
in  %  ;  all  wings  whitish,  pretty  generally  sprinkled  over  with  fuscous  scales, 
giving  a  general  dull  whitish  appearance ;  fore  wings  with  a  broken,  indefinite 
black  basal  line,  another  extra-discal.  more  distinct,  but  yet  broken,  rounding  at 
discal  spot,  irregular,  extending  within  discal  spot  rather  evenly,  and  more  dis- 
tinct across  hind  wings  :  an  outer  black  line,  broken,  very  irregular  and  indefi- 
nite, continued  clearly  and  sharply  across  hind  wings,  where  it  is  irregularly  and 
deeply  dentate  ;  marginal  line  of  black  spots  largely  obsolete  ;  discal  spots  black  ; 
beneath  as  above,  the  lines  more  indistinct  and  costa  dark  fuscous. 

Blanco  County,  Texas. 

E.  aiistralis  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  ocher  ;  front  black  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  ocher ;  all  wings  ocher,  sligbtly  washed  with  fuscous,  and 
with  scattered  fuscous  scales  ;  on  the  fore  wings  the  fuscous  is  slightly  deepened, 
giving  faint  indications  of  an  extra-discal  and  outer  waved  cross-lines,  which  are 
continued  a  little  more  distinctly  across  hind  wings ;  margins  slightly  fuscous  ; 
beneath  as  above,  slightly  lighter  in  color,  with  the  lines  more  even  and  a  little 
more  distinct. 

Florida,  from  Mr.  E.  L.  Graef. 

15.  EMMILTIS  Hiib. 

Verz.  309,  1818. 

Type  pygmsearia  Hiib. 
Anihometria  Bois.,  Index  Meth.  231,  1840,  type  plnmidaria  Bois. 

Palpi  moderate,  front  smooth,  or  somewhat  tufted ;  antennse  bi- 
pectinate  in  S  ;  hind  tibite  of  %  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil, 
with  end  spurs  only;  of  9  with  end  spurs  only;  fore  wings  12 
veins,  10  from  9,  11  from  cell  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed. 

I  do  not  know  that  the  typical  genus  Sterrha  is  represented  in  the 
United  States.  It  differs  from  Emmiltis  in  having  simple  antennse 
in  %  .  I  have  only  the  9  of  Jioridata,  and  it  is  possible  the  %  may 
show  it  to  belong  to  Sterrha. 

Species. — E.  sparasaria  Wlk.  (psilogrammaria  ZelL) 
[jE.  floridata  Hulst. 


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16.  PTEWOI'ODA  u.  gen. 
Type  miranda  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  slender ;  front  smooth ;  antennae  simple,  ciliate  fasci- 
cled ;  hind  tibiae  of  %  without  spurs,  long,  lined  the  whole  length 
with  a  fringe  of  long  hairs,  and  with  a  long  thick  pencil  of  hairs ; 
middle  tibiae  also  fringed  with  long  hairs ;  fore  tibiae  very  long,  con- 
siderably longer  than  femora,  very  slender,  closely  scaled ;  tarsi 
almost  aborted  on  hind  legs,  and  apparently  entirely  so  on  middle 
legs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell,  one 
accessory  cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed. 

Remarkable  for  the  peculiar  fringing  of  the  middle  and  hind 
tibiae  in  %  ,  and  in  this  unique  so  far  as  I  know. 
Species. — P.  miranda  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

P.  miranda  n.  sp. — P^xpands  24  mm.  Palpi  ocher  fuscous,  black  at  tip; 
front  black  ;  summit  between  antennae,  thorax  and  abdomen  basally  light  ocher. 
the  abdomen  becoming  ocher  fuscous  posteriorly ;  fore  wings  whitish  ocher 
sprinkled  with  fuscous  scales,  but  not  so  plentifully  on  middle  field  ;  a  faint  sinu- 
ous basal  line  ;  a  broad  fuscous  line  passing  just  beyond  discal  spot,  wavy  sinuate  ; 
an  outer  fuscous  line  nidistinctly  dentate,  subparallel  with  outer  margin  ;  a  sub- 
marginal  fuscous  clouding  divided  by  a  lighter  colored  space;  marginal  line  of 
black  dots  ;  hind  wings  light  ocher  with  fuscous  atoms,  extreme  base  fuscous,  and 
the  outer  lines  and  shadings  of  the  fore  wings  continued ;  a  marginal  line  of 
black  points;  the  marginal  dots  are  in  all  wings  in  the  fringes  just  at  end  of 
veins  :  hind  wings  slightly  sinused  in  below  anterior  angle  on  outer  margin  fiom 
veins  7  to  5  ;  below  as  above,  hut  fainter.  Legs  with  fringings  bright  ocher,  the 
pencil  of  the  hind  wings  being  blackish  basally,  becoming  ocher  at  ends. 

Blanco  County,  Texas. 

17.  SIOEIi/1  n.  gen. 

Type  perumhrata  Hulst. 
Palpi  moderately  long,  subascending  ;  front  rounded,  short  scaled  ; 
antennae,  evenly  ciliated  with  hairs  in  S  ;  a  pointed  projection  inside 
on  summit  of  basal  member  in  %  ;  between  the  antennae  a  smooth 
flattened  scale  pad  overhanging  front ;  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of 
spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  without  accessory  cell,  1,2  veins,  6 
separate,  10  from  9,  11  from  cell  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  6  J  7  long 
stenmied. 

A  very  peculiar,  and  so  far  as  I  know,  unique  genus,  having  what 
seem  to  be  leanings  towards  the  Tineidae.  The  overhanging  scale 
tuft  on  summit  of  head  is  very  rarely  found,  Philagraula  being  the 
only  genus  I  know  of,  and  this  is,  with  some  doubt,  a  Geometer. 
The  projection  on  base  of  antennae  is  so  far  as  I  know  unique  among 

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308  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

the  Geometrina.     There  is  one  inner  vein  only  to  fore  and  hind 
wings,  and  these  are  not  fnrcate. 

Species. — penumbrata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  penumbrata  n.  sp. — Expands  14-16  mm.  Palpi  jet  black,  front  dark 
fuscous  ;  head  tuft  and  thorax  smooth,  even  mouse-gray.  Abdomen  dark  fuscous 
gray,  slightly  interlined  with  lighter  color ;  all  wings  blue-gray  or  light  mouse 
color  with  a  violet  tinge  in  certain  lights  with  three  or  four  indistinct  dark  spots 
along  costa ;  in  old  specimens  there  is  an  indication  of  cross-lines  in  the  more 
mottled  surface,  this  being  more  shown  extradiscally  on  hind  wings  ;  discal  spots 
fine,  black,  not  very  distinct ;  marginal  line  dark  gray,  indistinct,  as  though  the 
wing  edge  were  black,  and  this  covered  over  with  gray  scales  and  showing 
through  ;  beneath  even  light  mouse-gray,  discal  spots  and  marginal  lines  faintly 
showing. 

Archer,  Fla,,  March  and  April,  from  Dr.  Riley,  taken  by  Mr. 
Koebele. 

18.  LOPHOSIS  n.   gen. 
Type  Inbecnlata  Hulst. 

Palpi  very  short,  slender;  front  short  scaled  ;  antennae  of  %  sub- 
dentate  with  fascicles  of  hairs;  fore  wings  probably  with  12  veins; 
hind  wings  8  veins,  the  inner  margin  in  %  with  an  edging  of  long 
coarse  hairs  near  base;  hind  tibiie  of  S  without  spurs  and  with 
strong  hair  pencil. 

The  unique  specimen  of  the  single  species  is  in  poor  condition,  and 
I  am  unable  to  examine  the  venation  fully.     The  tufting  on  the 
inner  margin  of  hind  wings  of  the  %    warrants  generic  separation. 
Species. — L.  labeculata  Hulst. 

19.  OOBflACIDAL,IA  Pack. 
Fifth  Report  Peab.  Acad.  Sci.  68,  1873. 

Type  fiirciferata  Pack. 

Palpi  short,  slender,  front  smooth  ;  antennae  simple,  evenly  ciliate ; 
hind  tibise  of  %  very  weak,  the  whole  leg  partially  aborted ;  fore 
wings  8  veined  ;  8,  9  and  10  wanting,  5  near  6  ;  or  the  interpreta- 
tion may  be :  5  wanting,  6  and  7  separate,  7  separate  from  8,  9  and 
10  wanting;  on  the  inner  margin  of  the  wing  within  vein  2  is  a 
swelling  out  of  the  wing  modified  above  into  a  sort  of  a  fovea  cov- 
ered with  enlarged  scales ;  it  is  probably  an  incomplete  fold ;  hind 
wings  very  much  distorted  in  venation ;  6,  7  and  8  present  as  usual, 
6  and  7  stemmed,  but  the  posterior  part  of  the  wing  formed  into  a 
broad  fold  extending  the  whole  length  of  the  inner  margin,  the 
venation  being  greatly  distorted ;  the  fold  is  edged  within  with  long 


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hairs  and  extends  beyond  the  wing,  forming  an  ear-like  appearance 
to  the  anal  angle. 

The  genus  forms  a  transition  to  our  genera  which  fall  under  the 
Strophidiinse,  but  from  the  characteristic  union  of  vein  8  and  the 
cell  of  hind  wings  must  be  referred  to  the  Sterrhinse.  I  do  not 
know  the  $  . 

Species. —  G.  furciferata  Pack. 

STROPHIDIIN^. 

The  North  American  representatives  of  this  subfamily  are  very 
few  in  number,  and  are  quite  distinct  from  the  more  typical  members 
of  the  family.  In  two  of  the  species  the  hind  wings  are  incised  on 
the  outer  margin,  and  in  the  third  the  anterior  margin  on  the  hind 
wings  is  strongly  sinuate.  The  species  are  without  the  humeral 
angle  of  vein  9  at  base  of  hind  wings. 

I  have  hitherto  called  this  subfamily  the  Microniinse.  Mr.  Mey- 
rick  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  Micronia  Guen.  is  a  synonym  of 
Strophidia  Hiib.,  and  of  course  the  family  name  nmst  be  based  on  a 
genus,  not  a  synonym. 

Synopsis  of  the  Strophe diin^. 

1.  Hind  wings  with  fold  along  inner  margin  in  "J, 2. 

Hind  wings  without  fold 2.  Calledapteryx. 

2.  Hind  wings  with  vitreous  spot  above  at  base  of  cell  in  %  • -3.  Philagraula. 
Hind  wings  without  vitreous  spot 1.  Callizzia. 

€ALL,IZZIA  Pack. 
Geoni.  Moths,  314.  1876. 

Type  amornta  Pack. 

Palpi  small,  porrect  or  drooping  ;  clypeus  flat,  scaled ;  antennae 
dentate  in  Z  ,  ciliate  in  9  ,  finely  pubescent ;  fore  tibise  unarmed ; 
hind  tibiae  swollen,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  no  accessory 
cell,  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate  at  lower  angle  of  cell,  5  close  to  6  at 
upper  angle,  6  and  7  stemmed  from  angle,  8  and  9  stemmed  from 
anterior  part  of  cell;  10,  11  and  12  separate;  hind  wings  with  two 
notches  or  angles  on  outer  margin  at  veins  4  and  7.  In  ?>  1  want- 
ing, 3  and  4  from  angle,  5  weak,  6  and  7  close,  the  wing  surface 
extended  along  inner  margin  making  a  hollow  fold  turned  upward ; 
in  9  venation  normal ;  in  both  sexes  8  at  once  broadly  diverging 
from  cell. 

Species. —  C.  amornta  Pack. 

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310  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

CAI.I.EDAPTERYX  Grt. 
Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc.  ii,  119,  1868. 

Type  dryopterafa  Grt. 

Palpi  very  small,  porrect,  slender ;  clypeus  flat,  closely  scaled  ; 
antejinoe  ciliate,  slightly  flattened.  Legs  rather  short,  fore  tibiae 
unarmed  ;  hind  tibise  swollen,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  thorax  and 
abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  wings  arched  at  base  of  costa,  then  some- 
what concave,  very  rounded  at  apex,  angulated  at  middle,  strongly 
concave  on  hind  margin,  12  veins,  no  accessory  cell,  3  and  4  at  lower 
angle  of  cell,  5  close  to  6  at  upper  angle,  6  and  7  stemmed  from 
point  of  cell,  8  and  9  stemmed  from  anterior  part  of  cell,  10  and  1 1 
from  near  base ;  hind  wings  with  two  angles  on  outer  border,  8  veins, 
3  and  4  stemmed,  5  nearer  6  than  4,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  at  once 
broadly  diverging  from  cell. 

Species. —  C.  dryopterata  Grt. 

PHIL,AORAVL.A  n.  gen. 
Type  slossoniae  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  closely  scaled,  subascending  ;  clypeus  flat, 
closely  scaled  with  overhanging  scale  tuft  from  base  of  antennae; 
antennae  flattened,  finely  pubescent ;  thorax  and  abdomen  closely 
scaled,  untufted.  Legs  short,  quite  stout,  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind 
tibiae  swollen,  with  two  pairs  of  long  spurs,  the  upper  being  the  lon- 
ger; fore  wings  rounded  at  apex,  nearly  even  on  outer  margin, 
concave  on  inner  margin,  no  accessory  cell,  12  veins,  3  at  lower  angle 
of  cell,  4  on  outer  margin  of  cell  below  middle,  5  near  6  at  angle,  6 
and  7  stemmed,  8  and  9  stemmed,  10  close  to  stem  of  8  and  9,  11 
from  anterior  part  of  cell ;  hind  wings  sinuate  on  outer  margin, 
the  outer  reaches  being  at  4,  6  and  7,  anterior  margin  broadly  de- 
veloped near  base,  8  veins,  2  from  near  base  of  cell,  3  and  4  fi-om 
angle,  5  from  middle  of  cell,  6  and  7  from  angle,  8  at  once  broadly 
diverging  from  cell  reaching  to  apex. 
Species. — P.  slossonke  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

P.  Slossonise  n.  sp. — Expands  25  mm.  Palpi  and  front  inky  black  ;  an- 
tennae and  autennal  tuft  a  soft  ochreous  brown  ;  thorax  the  same  color,  faintly 
washed  with  violet.  Abdomen  more  ochreous.  Wings  violet-brown,  more  ochre- 
ous on  the  inner  half,  all  slightly  speckled  with  darker  brown  scales ;  fore  wings 
with  faint  traces  of  two  fine  basal  lines,  with  a  triangular  blackish  patch  at  mid- 
dle of  costa  with  point  reaching  one-third  acro.ss  wing,  the  base  being  on  costa 
and  longest;  another  smaller  corresponding  blackish  patch  opposite  along  inner 
margin,  the  limiting  line  being  inky  black,  and  the  spot  reaching  one-fourth 
across  the  wing,  its  apex  being  towards  the  apex  of  the  costal  triangle  ;  a  dark 


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marginal  subapical  spot  reaching  to  middle  of  outer  margin  ;  a  faint  outer  line, 
wavy,  subparallel  with  margin  ;  hind  wings  with  jet  black  point  a  little  out  from 
base  not  far  from  anterior  margin  ;  a  sinuate  cross-line  of  reddish  brown  near 
middle,  edged  outwardly  with  light  ochreous;  beneath  violet-brown  with  scat- 
tered darker  scales,  with  faint  indications  of  two  black  cross-lines  at  middle  of 
inner  margin  on  fore  wings ;  fore  tibiae  and  all  tarsi  more  or  less  washed  with 
violet-brown. 

One  S  ,  South  Florida,  from  Mrs.  Slosson,  to  whom  I  respectfully 
dedicate  it. 

GEOMETRIN^. 

The  Geometrinsc  are  very  closely  related  to  the  Sterrhiuse.  They 
consist  of  the  same  small  frail  insects,  with  the  same  aspect,  and 
with,  in  the  main,  the  same  structure.  They  are,  however,  gener- 
ally easily  distinguished  by  their  color,  which  has  given  them  the 
designation  "  the  greens."  While  the  Sterrhinse  approach  the  char- 
acteristic venation  of  the  Geometrinje,  there  is  no  difficulty  in  sepa- 
rating them  by  the  position  of  vein  5  of  both  wings.  These  sub- 
families seem  also  to  divide  on  the  structure  of  the  antennje.  So 
far  as  I  have  examined  the  antennse  of  the  species,  which  are  bipec- 
tinate  in  the  male,  those  of  the  Sterrhinse  have  the  pectinations 
situated  upon  the  bottom  of  the  segments,  while  those  of  the  Geo- 
metrinae  have  them  upon  the  top.  The  Geometrinse  have  the  same 
tendency  towards  the  obsolescence  of  the  hind  legs  already  noticed 
in  the  Sterrhinse. 

The  larvse,  so  far  as  known,  are  characteristic  and  peculiar.  They 
are  furnished  with  protuberances  on  the  segments,  and  have,  to  some 
extent,  the  habit  of  covering  themselves  with  debris  of  leaves,  thus 
more  effectually  concealing  themselves. 

The  family  as  limited  seems  to  include  more  specialized  forms  of 
other  subfamilies.  Among  our  species,  apart  from  the  characteristic 
venation,  there  are  found  some  with  the  distinctive  venation  of  the 
Hydriominae,  some  with  that  of  the  Sterrhinse,  and  some  with  that 
of  the  Ennominse.  They  make  distinct  sections  of  the  subfamily, 
and  I  am  not  entirely  sure  but  that  the  genus  Annemoria  would 
better  be  placed  with  the  Hydriorainse.  The  subfamily  is  mostly 
tropical,  and  our  species  are  few  and  rarely  plentiful. 

I  suspect  that  some  of  our  genera  will  be  found  identical  with 
others  described  from  tropical  material  from  both  hemispheres,  but 
nothing  definite  can  be  determined  till  types  are  examined  and  com- 
pared, which  I  have  not  had  the  opportunity  of  doing.  The  typical 
genus  Geometra  I  have  not  found  in  our  fauna.     Anaplodes  is  very 

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312  GEORGE    D.    HULST, 

close  to  it,  but  differs  in  that  the  antennae  of  the  %   are  not  bipecti- 
nate  to  the  apex. 

Synopsis  of  the  Geometrin^. 

1.  Hind  wings  8  separate  from  cell,  Ennomid  like 2. 

Hind  wings  8  more  or  less  joined  with  cell 4. 

2.  Hind  libise  of  %  with  hair  pencil 9.  Aplodes. 

Hind  tibiae  of  'J,  without  hair  pencil 3. 

3.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  two  pairs  of  spurs 10.   Aiiaplodes. 

Hind  tibiae,  of  %  with  one  pair  of  si>urs 8.  C'hlorosea. 

4.  Hind  wings  vein  8  shortly  joined  with  cell,  then  rapidly  diverging,  Sterrhid- 

like 5. 

Hind  wings  veins  8  joined  with  cell  one-half  its  length,  Hydriomenid  like. 

1.  Aniiemoria. 

5.  Hind  tibiis  of   %   with  end  spurs  only 6. 

Hind  tibiae  of  %  upper  and  end  spurs 9. 

6.  Antennae  of   %  bipectinate 7. 

Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 3.  IWeinoria. 

7.  Palpi  long  in  both  sexes 5.  Chloropteryx. 

Palpi  not  long  in  both  sexes 8. 

8.  Palpi  short  in   %  :  hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil. . .  -2.  Chloroclaiuys. 
Palpi  short  in  both  sexes;  hind  tibiae  of  %  without  hair  pencil. 

4.  Eucrostis. 

9.  Palpi  long  in  both  sexes 6.  Raclieospilii. 

Palpi  long  in  9  only 7.  fSynchlora. 

1.  AN]«E910RIA  Pack. 
Type  unitaria  Pack. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending,  scaled ;  clypeus  flat,  untufted ;  an- 
tennae of  %  bipectinate,  the  pectinations  much  longer  than  usual, 
of  9  dentate  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibial  unarmed  ; 
hind  tibiae  with  one  pair  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  even, 
12  vein.s,  3  and  4  from  angle,  6  at  a  point  with  7,  10  on  9,  11  from 
cell,  12,  11  and  10  anastomosing  forming  subcostal  and  one  acces- 
sory cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  at  angle,  6  and  7  stemmed, 
8  with  cell  one-half  or  more  of  its  length. 

Very  peculiar  in  the  Hydriomenid-like  union  of  8  with  cell  in 
hind  wings. 
Species: — 
}  A.  bidriaria  Pack.  A.  graefiaria  Hulst. 

A.  Jaseolaria  Gn.  A.  unitaria  Pack. 

2.  CHLOROC  HL,Al»IYSn.  gen. 

Type  chloroleucaria  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  end  member  short  in  %  .  long  in  9  ,  subascend- 
ing ;  front  flat,  short  scaled ;  antennae  strongly  bipectinated  in    %  , 


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ciliate  in  9  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibise  with  one  pair  of  spurs 
in  both  sexes,  in  %  with  long  pencil  of  hairs ;  thorax  and  abdomen 
untufted ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell,  12  free  or 
anastomosing  with  11 ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  8  and  4  separate,  6  and 

7  stemmed,  8  joining  cell  near  base  then  rapidly  diverging. 
Differs  from  Eachloris  Hiib.  in  that  the  palpi  of    9  are  long ; 

from  Synch lora  Guen.  in  that  there  is  one  pair  of  spurs  only  present 
in  both  sexes. 

Species.-I^  C.  chloroleucarla  Gn. 
(    C.  phyllinaria  Zell. 

3.  NEinORIA  Hub. 

Verz.  285,  1818. 

Type  viridata  Linn. 
Chlorissa  Steph.,  111.  iii,  315,  1831.  type  viridain  L. 

Palpi  moderate,  or  rather  long,  porrect ;  clypeus  flat,  short  scaled  ; 
antennae  in    %    serrate  or  filiform,  in    9   ciliate  or  fascicled ;   hind 
tibiae  of   $   without  middle  spurs,  sometimes  swollen  without  hair 
pencil,  of   9   with  both  pairs  of  spurs ;  hind  tarsi  in    $  sometimes 
shortened;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  out  of  9,  11  from  cell;   hind 
wings  8  veins,  8  and  4  stemmed  or  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed. 
Species. — N.  pistaciata  Guen. 
y"  N.  subcroceafa  Wlk. 
N.  euchloria  Ab.  and  Gn. 

4.  EUCROSTIS  Hub. 

Verz.  283,  1818. 

Type  indigenata  Vill. 

Palpi  short  in  both  sexes,  rather  ascending,  long  haired  below  at 
base  ;  clypeus  hairy  scaled  ;  antennae  in  S  with  short  pectinations  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  untufted,  the  thorax  rather  hairy  scaled  above, 
strongly  hairy  below ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  with  one  pair 
of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  without  hair  pencil  in  B  ;  fore  wings  12 
veins,  6  separate,  10  on  9;   10,  11  and  12  anastomosing;  hind  wings 

8  veins,  8  and  4  short  stemmed,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  shortly  with 
cell,  then  rapidly  diverging. 

Sufficiently  distinct  from  C  hlorochlamys  in  that  the  palpi  are 
short  in  both  sexes,  the  thorax  hairy  below,  and  the  hair  pencil 
wanting  in  the  hind  tibite  of  the  S  . 

Species. — incertata  Wlk.  (operabia  Zell.,  gratata  Pack.) 
viridipennata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

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E.  Tiridipennata  n.  sp. — Expands  23-25  mm.  Palpi  short  in  both  sexes, 
hairy  below  at  base,  white  with  a  smoky  tint;  front  clay  ochreous;  thorax  and 
abdomen  clay  ochreous,  with  a  dull  greenish  shade;  fore  wings  dull  even  pea- 
green,  without  indication  of  any  cross-lines,  or  with  an  outer  cross-line  parallel 
with  margin,  even,  very  faint ;  the  ground  color  of  wing  is  slightly  emphasized 
on  the  veins;  hind  wings  color  of  fore  wings,  slightly  paler  basally,  without 
cross-lines;  beneath  lighter  green,  even,  unicolorous,  except  that  hind  wings  are 
a  shade  lighter  basally.  Legs  clay  white,  becoming  somewhat  smoky  towards 
thorax. 

Colorado. 

5.  CHLiOROPTERYX  n.  gen. 
Type  tepperaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  porrect,  end  member  long  in  both  sexes ;  front  flat,  closely 
scaled ;  antenme  bipectinate  in  %  ,  dentate  in  9  ',  thorax  and  ab- 
domen untufted  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  of  %  wanting  in 
only  specimen  I  have,  the  9  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings 
even,  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell, 
12  anastomosing  Avith  11;  hind  wings  quadrate,  with  prominent 
angle  at  end  of  vein  4,  8  veins,  3  and  4  stemmed,  6  and  7  stemmed, 
8  shortly  joined  to  base,  then  rapidly  diverging. 
Species. —  C.  tepperaria  Hulst. 

6.  RACHEOSPILiA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  372,  1857. 

Type  lixaria  Guen. 

Palpi  long  in  both  sexes,  second  member  ascending,  end  member 
porrect  or  drooping ;  clypeus  somewhat  scale  tufted ;  antennae  bi- 
pectinate in  %  ,  ciliate  in  9  ,"  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore 
tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  of  %  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  and  hair 
pencil;  of  9  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  6  separate, 
10  on  9,  11  from  cell,  12  and  11  anastomosing  with  each  other  or 
separate  ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  together  from  angle,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  shortly  joined  with  cell  near  base,  then  rapidly  diverging. 
„,-.—' Species : — 

R.  lixaria  Gn.  R.  hollandaria  Hulst. 

RrjaspidtariaTHulst.  R.  saltusaria  Hulst. 

R.  xysteraria  Hulst. 

7.  SYNCHEORA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  375,  1857 ;  Eunemoria  Pack.,  5th  Peab.  Eept.  p.  76,  1873. 
Type  liquoraria  Guen. 

Palpi  short,  ascending  in  S  ;  long,  porrect  or  drooping  in  9  ,  the 
end  member  especially  lengthened ;  clypeus  flat,  scaled  ;  antennae 
bipectinated  in  %  ,  ciliate  in  9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore 


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tibiffi  unarmed  ;  hind  tibi?e  with  two  paii's  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  12  veins,  3  and  4  at  angle,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from 
cell ;  hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate  or  short  stemmed,  6  and 
7  stemmed,  8  joined  to  cell  shortly  then  rapidly  diverging,  the  union 
being  rather  longer  than  usual  and  the  divergence  less  rapid. 

Species: —  __.. 

X.  (j/((iic((rla  Gn.  /  S.  liqiioraria  Gn. 

*S'.  i'<'/'u/(!/>a//e/i,6^Hulst,  n.sp.  [Pk.)     S.  rubrifroiitaria  Pack. 
S.  denticulata  Walk,  (excurvata     S.  dominimria  Gn. 

S.  Tiridipalleni>i  n.  sp.^-Expands  24-26  mm.  Palpi  and  body  parts  dis- 
colored in  relaxing,  probably  wbitish  green,  the  palpi  red  at  end  ;  front  red  ;  fore 
wings  vestiture  squamose,  thin,  even  dull  ocher  green  without  lines;  hind  wings 
a  lighter  uuicolorous,  scarcely  greenish  ;  beneath  nearly  the  color  of  hind  wings 
above. 

Colorado ;  Arizona. 

8.  CHL.O ROSEA  Pack. 
Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  xvi,  31,  1874. 

Type  nevadaria  Pack. 
Palpi  scaled,  not  heavy,  subascending ;  clypeus  flat,  with  a  ten- 
dency to  a  scale  ridge  below ;  antennae  bipectinated  in  t  ,  ciliate  in 
9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed ;  hind 
tibiae  with  one  pair  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  even,  no  ac- 
cessory cell,  12  veins,  3  and  4  from  angle,  6  from  a  point  or  short 
stemmed  with  7,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell,  12  separate;  hind  wings  8 
veins,  3  and  4  from  angle,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. —  C.  nevadaria  Pack. 

9.  APL.ODES  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  376,  1857. 

HipparcMschus  Walsh,  Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  ix,  300,  1864. 
Type  mimosaria  Guen. 
Palpi  projecting  beyond   head,  long  scaled,  ascending ;    clypeus 
flat,  slightly  scale  tufted  below ;   anteunte   %    shortly  bipectinated ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  untufted ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed,  hind  tibiae  in 
both  sexes  with  two  pairs  of  spurs,  the  lower  pair  small  in   S  ;  hair 
pencil  on  hind  tibiae  of  %  ;  fore  wings  even,  12  veins,  no  accessory 
cell ;  3  and  4  from  angle,  6  separate  from  7,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell ; 
hind  wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  from  a  point  or  short  stemmed,  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  separated  from  cell. 
Species. — A.  miviosaria  Gn. 

A.  bistrmria  Hiib.  (brunnearia  Pack.) 
A.  cerata  Fab. 

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10.  ABTAPLiODES  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths.  392,  1876. 

Type  pistacearia  Pack. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending,  rather  strong ;  elypeus  untufted  ;  an- 
tennae bipectinated  in  %  ,  ciliate  in  9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  un- 
tufted ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed ;  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in 
both  sexes,  in  %  not  swollen  and  without  hair  pencil;  fore  wings 
12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell ;  hind 
wings  "8  veins,  3  and  4  from  angle,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  separate  from 
cell. 

Differs  from  Aplodes  principally  iu  lack  of  hair  pencil  on  hind 
tibiae  of  Z  ;  from  Geometra  in  that  the  antennae  of  %  are  not  bi- 
pectinate  to  apex.  So  far  as  the  description  goes,  Megalaehlora 
Meyr.  is  a  synonym.  Differs  also  from  Pseudoterpna  in  that  the 
abdomen  is  not  tufted. 

Species: —  _^ 

A.  zygotaria  Hulst.  / A.  jimdolmearia  Graef    \_Auct.) 

A.  viridicarla  Hulst.  ,■  A.  remotarin  Wlk.    (iridaria 

f  A.festcvria]A\i\&t.  .J.  iridaria  Gxxan.  (rectaria  Grt.) 

0-A.  pistaceari'i  Pack.  A.  illustraria  Hulst. 

BREPHIN^. 

The  Brephinae  have  in  the  past  very  generally  been  catalogued 
with  the  Noctuina,  but  were  recognized  to  be  a  connecting  link  be- 
tween that  family  and  the  Geometrina.  Mr.  Meyrick  was,  I  believe, 
the  first  to  regard  them  as  true  Geometers,  and  I  myself  have  the 
same  opinion.  There  are  some  Noctuid  tendencies,  and  in  many 
respects  the  two  families  are  nearly  related,  but  the  Geometrid  re- 
lations seem  to  me  to  be  the  nearer  and  more  decisive. 

Mr.  Meyrick  catalogues  these  insects  under  the  term  Monocteniidae. 
The  family  designation  Brephidae  has  priority,  however,  if  indeed 
the  two  groups  should  be  joined  in  one  family. 

As  said  heretofore  I  can  see  no  valid  reason  Avhy  certain  genera 
such  as  Ahophila,  etc.,  where  vein  8  of  the  hind  wings  is  coincident 
with  the  cell,  should  be  referred  to  this  family,  as  is  done  by  ]Mr. 
Meyrick.     They  belong  more  properly  to  the  Hydriomeninae. 

Synopsis  of  Brephin^. 

Autennte  of  %  bipectinate l<eucobrephos. 

Antemije.  of  %  dentate Brephos. 


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BREPHOS  Ochs. 
Schm.  Eur.  1816  {Brephos  Hub.,  Tentaiuen  1810). 

Type  parthenias  L. 
Archiearis  Hiib.,  Verz.  279,  1818,  type  parthenias  L. 
Palpi  short,  covered  with  long  hairs;  face  clothed  with  long  loose 
hairs;    antennae  simple,   rounded,  finely  pubescent;    thorax  scaly, 
mixed  with  hairs,  the  patagise  long  haired.     Abdomen  scaled,  mixed 
with  hairs.    Legs,  femora  and  tibiae  haired,  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs,  fore  tibiae  unarmed;   fore  wings   11  veins,  one  accessory 
cell,  7  absent,  3  and  4  widely  separate,  5  at  middle  of  cell ;  hind 
wings  8  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  5  at  middle  of  cell,  6  and  7  stemmed, 
8  separate  from  cell  and  subparallel  with  it. 
Species. — B.  infans  Moesch. 

L.EUCOBREPHOS  Grt. 
Buff.  Bull,  ii,  m,  1874. 

Type  brephoides  Walk. 

Palpi  moderate,  very  lengthily  hairy  ;   face  hairy ;   antennae  bi- 

pectinate  in  S  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  heavily  haired,  untufted ;  fore 

wings  11  veins,  3  and  4  stemmed,  one  accessory  cell ;  hind  wings  8 

veins,  3  and  4  stemmed,  8  separate  from  cell  and  subjjarallel  with  it. 

Species. — L.  brephoides  Wlk. 

L.  middendorfi  Men. 

LEUCULID^. 

The  only  genus  is  the  typical  one  which  follows.  The  venation  is 
peculiar,  and  I  am  doubtful  whether  the  species  belongs  to  the  Geo- 
metrina.  It  has  a  decidedly  Lithooiid  aspect,  and  its  true  position 
cannot  be  determined  until  the  larva  is  known. 

L,EU€ULA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  134.  1857. 

Type  empusaria  Guen. 

Palpi  very  minute  ;  clypeus  flat,  scaled  ;  antennae  of  %  bi pectinate  ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  untufted  ;  fore  tibiae  unarmed  ;  hind  tibiae  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  elongate,  even,  12  veins,  no  accessory 
cell,  3  and  4  widely  separate,  5  nearer  4  than  6,  6  from  cell  near  7, 

7  and  8  stemmed  from  point  of  cell,  9  and  10  stemmed  ;  hind  wings 
rounded,  3  and  4  widely  separate,  5  below  middle,  6  and  7  stemmed, 

8  separate  from  cell,  but  close  to  it  to  end. 

The  generic  description  is  from  L.  lacteolata.  I  do  not  know  the 
type  of  the  genus. 

Species. — L.  lacteolata  Hulst. 

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ENNOMID/E. 

FERNALDELLIN^. 

This  subfamily  erected  for,  and  containing  the  typical  genus  only, 
is  a  very  peculiar  one  in  apparent  affinities.  In  not  having  vein  5 
of  the  hind  wings  developed,  it  is  placed  with  the  Ennomidse  as  I 
have  defined  that  family.  The  structure  of  the  hind  wing  in  the 
coalescing  of  vein  8  with  the  cell  at  base  is  exactly  that  of  the  Hy- 
driomeninae.  There  exists  also  the  comparatively  rai'e  peculiarities 
of  the  prominent  tubercle  of  the  clypeus,  the  clawing  of  the  fore 
tibiae  and  the  bipectinate  antennae  of  the  $  .  The  vestiture  of  the 
head  and  thorax  is  the  squamose  hairy  and  scale  hairy  vestiture  of 
the  Arctic  Hydriomeninae,  and  the  coloration  approaches  most  nearly 
certain  genera  of  the  Ennominae. 

FERNAL.Di:L.IiA  n.  gen. 

Type  Jimetaria  Grt. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  with  long  scales  at  base,  clypeus  having 
a  rounded  protuberance  with  a  hollow  within,  with  central  rough- 
ened raised  space  ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennae  bipectinated  in  both 
sexes ;  fore  tibiae  with  a  strong  terminal  frontal  claw,  the  tibiae  them- 
selves very  short  and  stout ;  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  ;  fore 
wings  11  veins,  6  from  a  point  with  7,  8  wanting,  10  from  9,  11 
from  cell ;  hind  wings  7  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  5  wanting  in  S  ; 
weak,  not  tubular  in  9  ;  6  and  7  stemmed,  anastomosing  with  cell 
more  than  one-half  its  length  in  S  ,  not  quite  one-half  in  9  • 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  dedicating  this  genus  to  Dr.  C.  H.  Fernald, 
of  Amherst,  Mass.,  whose  ability  as  an  entomologist  and  worth  as  a 
man,  command,  second  to  no  other,  my  admiration  and  respect. 
Species. — F.  fivietaria  Grt. 

F.  stalachtaria  Streck. 

ENNOMIN^. 

The  Ennominae  are  the  largest  of  the  subfamilies  of  the  Geome- 
trina  of  our  fauna.  There  is  among  them,  moreover,  the  widest 
variation  in  ap})earance  and  structure,  and  they  offer  the  greatest 
difficulties  in  classification. 

The  subfamily  divides  into  two  groups  by  the  possessing  or  lacking 
a  peculiar  fovea  on  fore  wings  beneath  near  the  base  of  vein  la  in 
the  male.     It  is  ordinarily  easy  to  be  seen,  though  there  is  difficulty 


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in  some  cases,  where  the  peculiarity  seems  to  be  in  the  process  of 
development,  or  where  perhaps  the  species  is  outgrowing  it.  Some- 
times it  is  large  and  prominent,  consisting  of  an  unsealed  vitreous 
surface,  at  times  with  a  peculiar  gland  within  it. 

There  is  wide  variation  in  the  structure  of  the  antennae  not  only 
in  that  bipectinate,  lamelate,  fascicled,  ciliate,  filiform  and  flattened 
forms  are  found,  but  also  in  the  location  of  the  various  appendages. 
In  many  species  the  pectinations  are  at  the  summits,  in  others  at  the 
bases  of  the  segments.  The  rule  is  not  invariable,  but  generally  the 
species  having  the  fovea  on  the  fore  wings  of  the  males,  have  also 
the  pectinations  or  fascicles  on  the  top  of  the  segments  of  the  antennae. 

Apart  from  the  elements  of  structure  upon  which  the  subfamily 
is  founded,  there  is  among  the  species  a  very  wide  range  of  variation. 
The  palpi,  clypeus,  antennae,  legs,  thorax,  abdomen  and  wings  vary 
greatly ;  especially  is  the  venation  subject  to  variation  not  only  in  the 
diflferent  species,  but  in  the  individual  species.  In  view  of  this,  in  the 
main,  very  little  dependence  can  be  placed  upon  the  relations  of  veins 
9,  10, 11  and  12  to  each  other  in  the  fore  wings.  Not  infrequently  an 
extra  vein  (vein  13)  is  found,  and  very  frequently  11  is  present  or 
absent  in  different  specimens  of  the  same  species;  9,  10,  11  and  12 
anastomose  with  each  other,  or  are  separate  in  the  individuals  of  one 
species,  and  as  a  consequence  very  little  use  can  be  made  of  them  in 
classification.  The  position  of  the  bases  of  the  veins  are  much  less 
variable.  The  hind  wings  are  less  changeable  in  venation  than  the 
fore  wings,  but  the  comparative  positions  of  3  and  4,  as  well  as  6 
and  7,  cannot  be  relied  upon  within  narrow  limits. 


Synopsis  of  Genera. 

1.  Fore  wiugs  of  %  with  fovea  below  at  base  of  la 2. 

Fore  wings  of  %  without  fovea  below  at  base  of  la 36. 

2.  Antenna' of  %  bipectinate 3. 

.    Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 30. 

3.  Tongue  absent,  or  very  short 4. 

Tongue  developed,  at  least  one-half  thorax 5. 

4.  Hind  tibiae  with  one  pair  of  spurs 63.  Si'acophora. 

Hind  tibife  with  two  pairs  of  spurs 34.  Ami  lapis. 

5.  Fore  wings  with  discal  scale  tuft 44.  Tornos. 

Fore  wings  without  discal  scale  tuft 6. 

6.  Clypeus  tuberded 7. 

Clypeus  not  tubercled 11. 

7.  Fore  tibise  clawed 8. 

Fore  tibiae  not  clawed 49.  Ccenocharis. 

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8.  Hind  tibise  with  one  pair  of  spurs 9. 

Hind  wings  with  two  pairs  of  spurs 10. 

9.  Fore  wings  11  veins 46.  $$y nglochis. 

Fore  wings  12  veins 48.  Holocliroa. 

10.  Fore  tibise  rounded,  with  one  claw  at  end 47.  Olauciiia.. 

Fore  tibiie  flattened,  with  two  claws  at  end 70.  Acanthopliora. 

11.  Antennse  of  9  bipectinate 12. 

Antennse  of  J  not  bipectinate 13. 

12.  Fore  wings  11  veins 40.  Plerotsea. 

Fore  wings  12  veins 39.  Uteris. 

13.  Hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed 16.  Nyctiphaiita. 

Hind  wings  6  and  7  separate 14. 

14.  Abdomen  of   %  with  dorsal  tuft  on  first  and  third  segments. 

43.  Somatalophia. 
Abdomen  of   %  without  dorsal  tuft  on  first  and  third  segments 15. 

15.  Thorax  with  anterior  and  posterior  tufts 36.  Spoilulepis. 

Thorax  without  anterior  and  posterior  tufts 16. 

16.  Fore  wings  of  9  with  fovea  below  at  base 17. 

Fore  wings  of  9  without  fovea  below  at  base 18. 

17.  Hind  tibise  of  %  with  hair  pencil 59.  Gleua. 

Hind  tibiae  of  %  without  hair  pencil 8.  I'liysoslegaiiia. 

18.  Clypeus  roughened  and  pitted 71.  Traclieops. 

Clypeus  smooth 19. 

19.  Hind  tibiae  of   %  with  hair  pencil 20. 

Hind  tibiae  of   %  without  hair  pencil 24. 

20.  Palpi  erect,  recurved 21. 

Palpi  not  erect,  not  recurved 22. 

21.  Wings  even,  rounded 75.  Stergainatiea. 

Wings  angulate,  incised 38.  Liytrosis. 

22.  Wings  deeply  incised 37.  Stenotrachelys. 

Wings  not  deeply  incised 23. 

23.  Antennae,  of  %  with  pectinations  suddenly  shortening  to  simple  apex. 

55.  Cleora. 
Antennae  of   %  with  pectinations  gradually  shortening  to  simple  apex. 

33.  Alcis. 

24.  Palpi  long 25. 

Palpi  moderate 26. 

25.  Hind  wings  with  subcostal  fovea  below  near  base  in  %  ...  -26.  Eueniera. 
Hind  wings  without  subcostal  fovea  below  near  base  in  %  .20.  Syinpherta. 

26.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate  to  apex -32.  Mepy  tia. 

Antennae  of  %  with  apex  simple 27. 

27.  Hind  wings  quite  strongly  angulate 35.  Paraphia. 

Hind  wings  not  strongly  angulate 28. 

28.  Wings  very  broad  ;  hind  wings  scalloped 60.  EpimeciN. 

Wings  moderate  ;  hind  wings  even,  or  at  most  slightly  wavy 29. 

29.  Antennae  plumose;  pectinations  long 53.  Selidoseina. 

Antennae  not  plumose ;  pectinations  moderate  or  short.  .• -15.  Diastictiw. 

30.  Antennae  of  %  with  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each  segment 31. 

Antennae  of  %  without  fascicles  of  hairs  on  each  segment 32. 


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31.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil 57.  Aethaloptera. 

Hiud  tibiae  of  %  without  hair  pencil 59.  Kctropis. 

32.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil 33. 

Hind  tibiae  of  %  without  hair  pencil 13.  Philobia. 

33.  Antennae  of  %  dentate 14.  Macaria. 

Antennae  of  %  not  dentate 34. 

.34.  Antennae  of   %  flattened,  naked 35. 

Antennae  of  %  filiform  ciliate 12.  Sciagraphia. 

35.  Thorax  hairy 30.  Euypia. 

Thorax  scaly 9.  Gueneria. 

36.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate 37. 

Antennae  of  %  not  bipectinate 89. 

37.  Wings  of  J  partly  obsolete 38. 

Wings  of   9  developed 39. 

38.  Segments  of  abdomen  spined 65.  Raphididemas. 

Segments  of  abdomen  not  spined 64.  Apocheinia. 

39.  Antennae  of  %  doubly  bipectinate 83.  Ripula. 

Antennae  of  %  not  doubly  bipectinate 40. 

40.  Hind  wings  of   %  with  subcostal  fovea  below  at  base 41. 

Hind  wings  of   %  without  subcostal  fovea  below  at  base 44. 

41.  Palpi  long,  beak  like 25.  Catopy rrha. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short  • 42. 

42.  Abdomen  of  %  with  lateral  tuft 42.  Spodoptera. 

Abdomen  of  %  without  lateral  tuft ^^. 43. 

43.  Hind  wings  of  %  with  fold  on  inner  margin  above  near  base- •  .41.  Ixala. 
Hind  wings  of  %  without  fold 10.  Deilinia. 

44.  Fore  tibiae  clawed 18.  Euaspilates. 

Fore  tibiae  not  clawed 45. 

45.  Tongue  absent,  or  very  short 46. 

Tongue  developed,  at  least  one-half  thorax ,54. 

46.  Palpi  of  %  very  long,  deltoid  like 68.  Eucaterva. 

Palpi  of  %  not  long,  deltoid  like 47. 

47.  Antennae  of  %  bipectinate  to  apex 48. 

Antennae  of  %  with  apex  simple 53. 

48.  Antennae  of   9  bipectinate 49. 

Antennae  of   9  lot  bipectinate 51. 

49.  Thorax  hairy 50. 

Thorax  scaly 69.  Fliiltriea. 

50.  Abdomen  densely  hairy,  and  with  dorsal  tufts 67,  Phseoura. 

Abdomen  scaly,  without  dorsal  tufts 84.  I^niiOitio$«. 

51.  Front  and  thorax  hairy 52. 

Front  and  thorax  scaly 51.  Aethalodes. 

52.  Tongue  short 72.  Dyscia. 

Tongue  obsolete ,50.  Coniodes. 

53.  Abdomen  and  femora  densely  hairy 61.  L<ycia. 

Abdomen  and  femora  scaly 52.  Cliesiadodes. 

54.  Antennae  of   9  bipectinate 55, 

Antennae  of   9  u^'t  bipectinate 60. 

55.  All  wings  6  and  7  stemmed 29.  Platsea. 

Fore  or  hind  wings  6  and  7  separate 56. 

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56.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil 57. 

Hind  tibise  of  %  without  hair  pencil 58. 

57.  Palpi  long,  beak  like 94.  Pherne. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short 78.  Weoterpes. 

58.  All  wings  even,  rounded 45.  Exelis. 

Hind  wings  at  least  notched  or  angulate 59. 

59.  Hind  wings  notched  between  4  and  6;  fore  wings  10  and  11  stemmed  at  base. 

85.  Xantiiotype. 
Hind  wings  angulate;  fore  wings  10  and  11  separate  at  base. 87.  Hypcritis. 

60.  Abdomen  of  %  with  tufts  beneath 56.  IVIelanolopliia. 

Abdomen  of  %  without  tufts  beneath 61. 

61.  Thorax  with  anterior  longitudinal  crest 98.  SteiiawpilateN. 

Thorax  without  longitudinal  crest 62. 

62.  Fore  wings  with  chitinous  cross  bar  between  submedian  and  la. 

80.  Theriiia. 
Fore  wings  without  such  cross  bar 63. 

63.  Antennse  of   %  bipectinate  to  apex 64. 

Antennae  of  %  with  apex  simple 66. 

64.  Fore  wings  with  transparent  lunule  at  end  of  discal  cell 91.  Seleiiia. 

Fore  wings  without  transparent  lunule  at  end  of  discal  cell 65. 

65.  Wings  hairy  ;  antennae  with  pectinations  filiform  ;  palpi  short. 67.  Cingilia. 
Wings  scaly  ;  antennae  with  pectinations  clavate ;  palpi  moderately  long. 

89.  Oonodoiitis. 

66.  Hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed 67. 

Hind  wings  6  and  7  separate 68. 

67.  Thorax  hairy 79.  Sioya. 

Thorax  scaly 76.  Iflelanisea. 

68.  Antennae  close  together,  the  bases  almost  touching. . .  .74.  SplisecelOfleK. 
Antennae  normally  separate 69. 

69.  Femora  and  palpi  densely  hairy 70. 

Femora  and  palpi  not  densely  hairy 72. 

70.  Fore  wings  11  veins 1.  Epeli!«. 

Fore  wings  12  veins 71. 

71.  Antennae  of   %  with  pectinations  filiform  ;  front  long  haired. 

4.  Dasyfidonia. 
Antennae  of  %  with  pectinations  clavate ;  front  not  long  haired. 

97.  Snowia. 

72.  Hind  tibiae  of  %  with  hair  pencil 73. 

Hind  tibiae  of   %  witliout  hair  pencil 80. 

73.  Palpi  loug 74. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short 75. 

74.  Autenuae  of  %  pectinations  filiform 7.  C'horaspilates. 

Antennae  of  %  pectinations  clavate 6.  Wlellilla. 

75.  Wings  even,  rounded 76. 

Wings  angulate 78. 

76.  Antennae  of  %  plumose;  pectinations  filiform 2.  Eiificloiiia. 

Antennae  of  %  not  plumose;  pectinations  clavate 77. 

77.  Front  with  overhanging  scale  tuft;  fore  wings  12  separate.  .31.  Pliiledia. 
Front  without  overhanging  tuft;  fore  wings  12  anastomosing  with  11. 

27.  C'aripeta. 


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78.  Larva  with  12  legs 81.  Metrocainpa. 

Larva  with  10  legs 79. 

79.  Antenuie  of  %  with  pectinations  very  short,  each  with  a  fascicle  of  hairs. 

106.  Abbottana. 
Aiitennse  of   %  with  pectinations  not  very  short  and  without  fascicle  of  hairs. 

90.  Eiichlteiia. 

80.  Palpi  long,  beak  like 81. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short,  at  least  not  beak  like 82. 

81.  Wings  strongly  angulate 92.  I^piplatymetru. 

Wings  slightly,  or  not  at  all  angulate 73.  L.ychnosea. 

82.  All  wings  more  or  less  rounded  out  above  posterior  angle. .  -86.  Plagodis. 
All  wings  not  so  rounded  out 83. 

83.  Wings  even,  rounded  or  slightly  wavy 84. 

Wings  not  even  rounded  ;  angulate,  or  strongly  wavy 88. 

84.  Fore  wings  10  stemmed  with  11  at  base 85. 

Fore  wings  10  separate  from  11 86. 

85.  Fore  wings  falcate 101.  INyssaura. 

Fore  wings  not  falcate 102.  Caberodesi. 

86.  Antennae  with  pectinations  filiform 87. 

AntenniB  with  pectinations  clavate 54.  JVlericisca. 

87.  Palpi  quite  long,  ascending;  front  tufted 77.  Aiiagoga. 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;  front  smooth 23.  Aethyctera. 

88.  Hind  wings  with  wavy  margins:  fore  wings  10  on  9;  pectinations  of  antennse 

clavate 96.  Pryot-y cla. 

Hind  wings  angulate 95.  Hetaiieina. 

89.  Wings  of  9  obsolete 66.  Eraunis. 

Wings  of   9  developed 90. 

90.  Fore  wings  16  rounded  up  near  base 11.  Episemasia. 

Fore  wings  16  not  rounded  up  near  base 91. 

91.  Hind  legs  of  %  with  tuft  of  hairs  at  end  of  femora.  .21.  Hoinochlodt'S. 
Hind  legs  of   ^  without  tuft  of  hairs  at  end  of  femora 92. 

92.  Thorax  with  dorsal  longitudinal  crest 93. 

Thorax  without  dorsal  longitudinal  crest 94. 

93.  Anteunse  of  %  dentate 99.  Iflarinarea. 

Antennae  of  %  simple,  flattened 100.  Azeliua. 

94.  Hind  tibiae  of   %  with  hair  pencil 95. 

Hind  tibiae  of  '^  without  hair  pencil 102. 

95.  Fore  wings  11  veins 96. 

Fore  wings  12  veins 97. 

-96.  Wings  even,  spurs  normal  on  hind  tibiae 5.  Alelioniala. 

Wings  angulate;  one  upper  spur  on  hind  tibiae  much  enlarged  at  end. 

88.  Ania. 

97.  Antennae  of  %  dentate 104.  Tetracis. 

Antennae  of  %  not  dentate 98. 

98.  Antennae  of  %  flattened 99. 

Antenna^  of  %  filiform 103.  Oxydia. 

99.  Thorax  hairy 100. 

Thorax  scaly 101. 

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100.  Wings  angulate 105.  Sabulodes. 

Wings  even,  rounded 19.  Anflielia. 

101.  Wings  angulate 82.  Eugouobapta. 

Wings  even,  rounded 22.  Thallopliaga. 

102.  Palpi  rather  long 103. 

Palpi  quite  short 104. 

103.  Wings  angulate  ;  antennae  of  %  dentate 93.  Syiiaxis. 

Wings  rounded  :  antennae  of  %  not  dentate 17.  Apolema. 

104.  Thorax  hairy 28.  Pheiigoillinaf  tea. 

Thorax  scaly 105. 

105.  Antennae  of  %  flattened 24.  Aptecasia. 

Antennae  of  %  filiform 3.  Ortltofiilonia. 

/j^_EFEIiIS  n.  gen. 
Type  truncataria  Wlk. 
Palpi  rather  long,  slender,  porrect,  loosely  hairy ;  front  with  coni- 
cal tuft ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple, 
of  9  filiform  ;  thorax  loosely  scale  hairy  above  and  hairy  below. 
Abdomen  rather  rough  scaled ;  fore  legs,  femora  strongly  haired ; 
hind  tibise  swollen  in  %  ,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore 
wings  11  veins,  5  weak,  scarcely  tubular,  6  and  7  separate,  11  want- 
ing, 10  from  cell  without  fovea  in  %  ;  hind  wings  veins  all  separate, 
8  separate  from  cell ;  all  wings  even,  rounded. 

Distinguished  by  the  11  veined  primaries,  and  the  hairy  scaled 
palpi,  front,  thorax  and  femora. 
f  Species, — E.  truncataria  W\k. 
t  E.  faxonii  Minot. 

'^JE|I_FID.0:KIA  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths.  225,  1876. 

Type  notatarin  Walk. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  long  scaled  below ;  tongue  strong ;  front 
smooth  ;  antennse  bipectinate  in  %  ,  apex  simple,  pectinations  fili- 
form ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth ;  hind  tibise  swollen,  with  hair 
pencil  in  %  ,  with  all  spurs  present ;  fore  wings  even,  rounded,  12 
veins,  10  and  11  from  cell,  without  fovea  in  S  ;  hind  wings  even, 
rounded,  5  undeveloped,  S  separate  from  cell. 
Species. -^^.  notataria. 

3.  ORTHOFIDOIVIA  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  235,  1876. 

Type  exornata  Wlk. 

Palpi  subascending,  rounded,  loose  bushy  scaled,  moderate  ;  tongue 
developed  ;  front  loose  scaled  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  rather  loosely 


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scaled ;  autenuie  filiform,  ciliate,  the  hairs  rather  long ;  hind  tibise 
not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both 
sexes;  fore  wings  12  veins,  without  fovea  at  base,  10  on  11  anasto- 
mosing with  12;  hind  wings  veins  all  separate;  all  wings  even, 
rounded. 

Species. —  0.  exornata  Wlk. 

/  0.  .semiclarata  Walk, 
O.  vedaJlatd  Guen. 

4.  DASYFIDOIVIA  Pack. 
Ge.om.  Moths,  233,  1876. 

Type  avuncnlaria  Gueu. 

Paljii  rather  long,  porrect,  densely  long  hairy ;  antennae  of  S  bi- 
pectinate,  of  9  filiform,  the  pectinations  of  S  filiform  ;  front  and 
thorax  above  and  below  densely  long  hairy ;  abdomen  scaled, 
smooth ;  legs  with  femora  densely  hairy  ;  hind  tibije  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ;  fore  wings  12 
veins,  with  fovea  at  base,  10  on  11,  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  veins 
all  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. -/D.  avuncularia  Guen. 

5.  HELIOJVIATA  Grt. 
Proc.  Ent.  Soc.  Phil,  vi,  29,  186G. 

Type  iufalnta  Grt. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  rather  heavily  scaled  below  ;  front  rough 
scaled, .flat;  anteunte  of  %   filiform,  ciliate;  hind  tibite  of  %   swollen, 
with  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  even,  rounded,  11  veins, 
10  on   cell,  11   wanting,  without  fovea  in    %  ;    hind   wings  even, 
rounded,  8  separate  from  cell,  6  and  7  separate,  5  undeveloped. 
Species. — H.  infulata  Grt. 
If.  cycladata  Grt. 
H.  elaboi'ata  Grt. 

6.  9IEL.L.IL.IiA  Grt. 
Buff.  Bull,  i,  12,  1873. 

Type  chamaechrysaria  Grt. 
GoniJythria  Gump.  Nov.  Act.  Halle,  49,  323,  18,  type  chamiechrysaria  Grt. 

Palpi  long,  heavy,  subascending,  end  member  very  small,  deflexed  ; 
front  with  conical  tuft ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  ,  pectinations 
claviform,  segments  comparatively  few  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ; 
hind  tibiae  of  S   swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 

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12  veins,  without  fovea  below,  10  and  11  from  one  stem  from  cell ; 
hind  wings  veins  all  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  5  undeveloped ; 
all  wings  even,  rounded. 

Peculiar  in  the  fewness  of  the  segments  of  the  antennae,  these 
being  not  more  than  about  one-half  the  usual  number.     The  genus 
is  structurally  very  close  to  Chloraspilates  Pack.,  which  it  antedates. 
Species. — M.  inextricata  Walk. 

yW.  chamcechj^ariaGrt. 

!  7.  <'HORASPIL,ATES  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  211,  1876. 

Type  bicoloraria  Pack. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  subascending,  hairy,  heavily  scaled  ;  tongue 
developed ;  front  with  a  strong  hair  tuft ;  antennse  broadly  pecti- 
nated almost  to  apex  in  S  ;  thorax  loosely  scaled  above,  hairy  or 
woolly  below  ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  legs  smooth,  hind  tibise  not  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes  ;  fore  wings 
without  fovea  in  ^  ,  12  veins,  10  from  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings 
all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Close  to  Mellilla  Grt. ;    the  antennse  of  %  ,  however,  have  the 
pectinations  filiform,  and  the  segments  shorter  and  more  numerous. 
Species.-^  C  bicoloraria  Pack. 

PHYSOSTEGANIA  Warr. 


Nov.  Zool.  i,  406,  1894. 

Type  pustularia  Guen. 
Palpi  rather  long,  porrect,  rather  heavily  scaled ;  tongue  devel- 
oped ;  front  scale  tufted ;  antennse  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple, 
of  $  serrate ;  thorax  and  abdomen  scaled,  the  latter  slightly  tufted 
at  end  ;  hind  tibise  somewhat  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  S  ,  with 
all  spurs ;  fore  wings  even,  rounded,  with  very  large  fovea  below  in 
%  near  base,  a  smaller  one  in  9,11  veins,  probably  sometimes  12  ; 
hind  wings,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell, 
the  wings  eveiij  rounded. 

Species.!— P.  pustularia  Guen. 

9.  OVEIWERIA  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  307,  1876. 

Type  basiaria  Walk.  . 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;  front  smooth ;  antennse  of  %  flattened, 
nearly  naked  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth,  the  latter  somewhat 
tufted  at  end ;  hind  tibise  with  all  spurs  in  %  ,  with  hair  pencil,  and 


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with  the  tarsi  much  shortened  ;  fore  wings  even,  rounded,  12  veins, 
10  from  9,  11  from  cell,  with  large  fovea  at  base;  hind  wdngs 
rounded,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell  and  without  fovea  at 
base,  5  undeveloped. 

Differs  from  Macaria  in  the  simple  flattened  antennae,  the  antennae 
being  dentate  in  Macaria. 

Species. —  G.  basiaria  Walk. 

10.  DKILINIA  Hub. 
Verz.  310,  1818  {Sphecodes  Hub.  Teutamen). 

Type  pusaria  Linn. 
Cahera  Treits.,  Sehm.  Eur.  vi,  1,  343,  1827,  type  pusaria  Linn. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  rough  scaled  below ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 

smooth ;    antennae  of    %    bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of    9    dentate ; 

thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  of  %  not  swollen  or  slightly 

so,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  without 

fovea  below,  10  from  9  ;  hind  wings,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from 

cell,  in  S   with  fovea  at  base  of  vein  8. 
Species :  — 

D.  borealis  Hulst,  n.  sp.  ID.  falcataria  Pack. 

D.  elimata  Hulst.  D.  carnearm  Hulst. 

D.  quadrifasciaria  Pack.  IX-perpallidaria  Grt. 

\  D.  variolaria  Guen.  /D.  quadraria  Gi't. 

I  D.  erMremaria^uen^^  D.  litaria  Hulst. 

lXexanthe7nata  Scop.  D.  liberaria  Walk. 

D.  pacificaria  Pack.  D.  nigroseriata  Pack. 

D.  nevadaria  Hulst.  i/D.  behrensaria  Hulst. 

D.  fa^mhiaria  Guen.  D.  fumosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

Dr.  Butler  tells  us  he  has  received  the  true  D.  exanthemata  from 

Canada.    D.  falcataria,  D.  carnearia  and  perpallidaria  are  probably 

conspecific.    The  species  of  the  genus  differ  in  appearance,  but  agree 

in  structure. 

D.  borealis  n.  sp. — Expands  25  mm.  Palpi  whitish  at  base,  blackish  at 
ends;  front  blackish  gray;  antennae  gray,  ringed  with  black;  thorax  blackish 
gray.  Abdomen  whitish,  thickly  irrorated  with  black  atoms.  Wings  light  gray, 
thickly  and  evenly  spattered  with  blackish  scales  to  beyond  cell,  then  somewhat 
darkened  into  an  even,  broad,  indistinct  line,  followed  by  a  lighter  band  of  about 
the  same  width,  then  darker  again  to  outer  margin,  the  wings  here  being  washed 
with  fuscous,  and  all  wings  having  a  general  dull  gray  appearance,  darker  at 
outer  line  and  on  outer  spaces;  beneath  gray  with  black  atoms,  but  not  so  much 
darkened  as  above,  and  of  an  even  color  over  all  the  wings.     In  the  9  the  black 

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328  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

atoms  within  the  outer  space  are  not  so  dense,  and  the  color  is  therefore  of  a 
much  lighter  gray,  at  the  same  time  the  darker  margin  is  not  so  broad. 

Male  and  female,  Calgary,  Canada,  from  Mr.  Wolly-Dod. 

D.  fniilONa  n.  sp. — Expands  35-40  mm.  Antennse  long,  plumose,  dark  fus- 
cous; palpi  fuscous  browu  ;  head  fuscous;  thorax  and  abdomen  fuscous  brown, 
the  thorax  darker  and  stained  anteriorly  with  violet.  Wings  fuscous  brown  with 
a  violet  tint,  the  outer  lield  in  both  wings  considerably  lighter  than  the  rest, 
which  is  evenly  colored  ;  basal  line  black,  not  distinct  on  dark  field,  sharply  and 
evenly  rounded  ;  a  dark  line  across  the  wing  at  center  of  middle  field,  indistinct, 
somewhat  rounded,  extending  across  hind  wing  :  outer  line  obsolete,  its  place 
showing  by  the  contrast  of  the  color  of  middle  and  outer  fields;  this  edge  dis- 
tinct, sinuous,  bending  out  at  5,  bending  out  again  between  3  and  4,  between  1 
and  2  turning  in  again  to  margin  ;  an  indistinct  broken  line  in  middle  of  outer 
field  parallel  with  outer  margin  inwardly  shown  by  blackish,  outwardly  by 
whitish  scales;  hind  wings  with  edging  continued,  undulate;  a  black  apical  dash 
on  fore  wings  with  reddish  brown  tint  about  it;  hind  wings  becoming  reddish 
brown  towards  outer  margin  :  discal  spots  on  fore  wings  white ;  beneath  quite 
even  brownish  with  ocher  tint,  lines  very  faint  or  obsolete ;  discal  spots  on  all 
wings  black. 

Colorado,  Utah,  California.  Near  to  Guophos  haydenata  Pack., 
and  considerably  like  it  in  appearance.  Faded  specimens  show  the 
cross-lines  more  sharply,  the  outer  field  comparatively  lighter  and 
lose  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  violet-brown  tinge.  The  line  in  outer 
field  shows  across  both  wings  in  dark  dots. 

11.  EPI^iEMAISIA  n.  gen. 
Type  cervinaria  Pack. 

Palpi  short,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  smooth  ;  antennae 
flattened  in  %  ,  filiform  in  $  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  legs 
smooth  ;  hind  tibise  with  two  pairs  of  spurs,  swollen  and  without 
hair  pencil  in  %  ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  5  very  weak,  not  tubular, 
lb  bent  upward  and  rounded  just  beyond  base,  6  and  7  widely  sepa- 
rate, 10  on  8,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate 
from  cell. 

The  special  distinction  is  the  curving  of  vein  16  of  fore  wings, 
which  takes  the  form  of  being  parallel  with  submedian,  and  then 
turning  away  from  it  an  angle.  It  is  caused  by  an  incomplete  fovea 
posterior  to  16. 

Species. — E.  morbosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
E.  cervinaria  Pack. 

E.  morbosa  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  ochreous;  front  ochreous, 
tinged  with  fuscous;  thorax  and  abdomen  ocher  fuscous,  the  latter  spotted  with 
dark  atoms  towards  end.  Wings  even,  dull  ocher,  or  pale  buff,  spotted  quite 
evenly,  but  irregularly  all  over  with  small  blackish  blotches  and  blackish  atoms  ; 


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discal  spots  black  ;  margin  with  intervenular  black  dots;  wings  beneath  quite  as 
above,  with  a  shade  lighter  color  and  less  distinctness  to  the  blackish  spottings. 

One  %  ,  Florida. 

12.  SCIAGRAPHIA  n.  gen. 
Type  granitata  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect  or  subascendiiig,  generally  strongly  scaled, 
tongue  strong;  front  rounded,  rather  broad,  smooth  or  slightly 
tufted ;  antennje  of  Z  filiform  or  slightly  flattened,  ciliate  or  sub- 
fasciculate  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smoothly  scaled  ;  hind  tibise  of  I 
swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  tarsi  somewhat  shortened  ;  fore  wings  even, 
or  slightly  falcate,  with  fovea  below  in  S  ,  12  vqins,  10  on  9,  11  from 
cell,  5  weak ;  hind  wings  even,  slightly  wavy,  rarely  subangulate  on 
outer  margin,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
This  genus  differs  from  Macara  Curt.,  Philobia  Dup.  and  Dias- 
tictis  Hub.  in  form  of  the  antennpe,  and  from  Opisthograptis  Hiib. 
in  the  presence  of  the  hair  pencil  on  the  hind  tibise  of  the  %  . 

Species : — 
S.  suhlacteolata  Hulst.  '  S.  nevtata  Guen, 

S.  colorata  Grt.  S.  hebitata  Hulst. 

S.  maculifascia  Hulst,  n.  sp.  fS.  sinuata  Pack.  ,  .  , 

fKjjranitata  Guep.  S.  snoviata  Pack. 

'  S.  denticidata  Grt.  /  ^pervoCaia  Hulst. 

S.  museariata  Guen.  *  S^  meadii  Pack. 

*S'.  punctolineata  Pack.  (S^  continuata  Walk. 

"^S.  heiiothidata  Guen.  /  S.  melUMrifjata  Grt. 

i   S.  califoriiia.ta  Pack-  S,  trifa-sciata  Pack. 

S.  respersatq  Hulst.  '  .^2'!Z^Ij}^}2'^^  Pack. 

fK nubiculata  Pack.  S.  submiiiiata  Pack. 

'  S.irrorata  PacKT  

A  number  of  these  species  run  very  closely  together,  and  some 
modification  of  specific  standing  may  have  to  be  made  as  more  mate- 
rial is  obtained  for  comparison. 

S.  Miaciilifascisi  n.  sp. — Expands  26-28  mm.  Very  close  to  >S.  sublacfeulnta 
Hulst,  of  which  it  is  quite  likely  a  variety.  The  markings  are  the  same,  the 
outer  line  of  dots  arranged  in  the  same  manner,  but  it  diflFers  very  decidedly  in 
the  general  color  of  the  wings,  the  neatly  pure  white  of  R  suhlacteolata  being  re- 
placed by  dark  fuscous. 

I  have  specimens  of  S.  suhlacteolata  from  Ohio  and  Texas  which 
agree.  All  my  specimens  of  aS".  maculifascia  are  from  South  Dacotah 
and  also  agree  with  one  another. 

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330  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

13.  PHIL.OBIA  Dup. 
Hist.  Nat.  vii,  195.  1829. 

Type  notata  Linn. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  end  member  horizontal ;  tongue 
developed ;  front  with  conical  tuft  of  hairs ;  antennse  of  %  dentate 
with  fascicle  of  hairs  on  each  segment ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ; 
hind  tibite  of  S  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs  present ; 
fore  wings  slightly  angled  on  outer  margin,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11 
from  cell,  with  fovea  below  in  'b  ;  hind  wings  strongly  angled  on 
outer  margin,  8  separate  from  cell,  6  and  7  separate,  5  undeveloped. 

I  cannot  separate  some  of  our  specimens  from  notata  Linn.  There 
are  others  from  the  southwest,  to  which  the  name  enotata  may  apply, 
which  seem  to  have  the  outer  line  of  the  fore  wings  less  bent  below 
costa  and  the  antennae  of  the  %  more  deeply  serrate.  They  are 
also  darker  brown  in  color. 
Species. —  P.  notata  Linn. 
P.  enotata  Linn. 

14.  9IA€ARIA  Curt. 
Brit.  Ent.  iii,  132,  1826. 

Type  liturata  Clerck. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short,  porrect,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  smooth,  or  with  slight  tuft ;  antennae  of  %  serrate,  ciliate,  or 
subfasciculate  ;  thoi'ax  scaled.  Abdomen  sometimes  somewhat  tufted 
at  end ;  hind  tibise  of  %  lengthened,  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  tarsi 
shortened  ;  fore  wings  even,  or  slightly  falcate,  with  fovea  below  in 
%  ,  12  v^eins  or  11,  the  number  being  variable  in  the  same  species, 
vein  11  having  a  tendency  to  become  obsolete;  hind  wings  even, 
rounded,  sometimes  wavy,  or  even  angulate  on  outer  margin,  5  un- 
developed, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Aestimaria  Hiib.,  the  type  of  Pharinacis  Hiib.  and  Gonodela  Bois. 
has  slightly  serrate  antennae  in  %  ,  but  lacks  the  hair  pencil.  Opv<- 
thograptii  Hiib.  and  Riimia.  Dup.,  of  which  luteolata  Linn,  is  the 
type,  have  neither  serrate  antennae  nor  hair  pencil  in  %  .  Fsama- 
todes  Guen.  is  a  synonym  of  Maearia  if  eremiata  Guen.  be  the  type. 

It  can,  however,  be  referred  to  catakmnaria  Guen.  as  type,  which 
Guenee  says  has  pectinated  antennae,  but  which  species  I  have  not 
myself  examined. 


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Species : — 

M.  injimata  Gueu. 
fM^  s-siqnata  Pack.  ''■^"■ 

M.  eremiata  Guen. 

M.  hypwthrata  Grt. 

M.  wquiferaria  Walk. 

M.  dispuncta  Walk. 
't M.  minnrqta  Pack. 


M.  grassata  Hulst. 
M.  prceatomata  Harv. 
M.  similata  Hulst. 
M.  mendicata  Hulst. 
M.  septemjluaria  Grt. 
M.  glomeraria  Grt. 


15.  DIASTICTIS  Hiib. 


Verz.  288,  1818. 

Type  artesiaria  Fab. 
Itama  Hiih..  Verz.  299,  1818,  type  maeularia  Hiib. 
Rhypnria  Hiib.,  Verz.  305,  1818,  type  melanaria  L. 
Bryocetis  Hiib.,  Verz.  316,  1818,  type  roboraria  Schiff. 
Sperama  Curt.,  Brit.  Ent.  v,  222,  1825,  type  bnmneata  Thnn. 
Grammatophora  Stepli.,  Cat.  126,  1829,  type  wavaria  L. 
Halia  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  vii,  537,  1829,  type  wavaria  L. 
Siona  Dup.,  Hist.  Nat.  viii,  537,  1829,  type  mnrinaria  Fab. 
Thamnonoma  Led.,  Zool.  Bot.  Ges.  Wien,  232.  1853,  type  vincularia  Hiib. 
Tephrina  Guen.,  Phal.  ii,  96,  1857,  type  vincularia  Hiil>. 
Eufitchia  Pack.,  Geoni.  Moths,  247,  1876,  type  ribearia  Fitch. 
Catastictis  Gump.,  Nov.  Act.  Halle  49,  329  and  370,  1887,  type  ribearia  Fitch. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short ;  tongue  developed ;  front  smooth,  or 
somewhat  tufted  ;  antenme  of  I  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  the  pecti- 
nations gradually  growing  less  towards  simple  apex,  often  clavate, 
generally  moderate  or  short,  not  plumose,  of  9  serrate  or  filitorm  ; 
thorax  scaly,  rarely  somewhat  tufted,  somewhat  hairy  below.  Ab- 
domen scaled ;  hind  tibije  often  swollen,  but  without  hair  pencil  in 
%  ,  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  even,  12  or  11  veins  in  the  same  spe- 
cies, with  fovea  below  in  %  ;  hind  wings  rounded,  even,  or  slightly 
wavy,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species : — 


f  D.  ri  hen  rid  Fitch. 
Td.  siilpliinariii  Pack. 
V  D.  fiis<-infn-iiri(t  Hulst. 
Z).    orr'nlinirid   Pack. 

D.  qu(uli-if(i-<ri(tri(i  Pack. 
\I)^Javic"iid  Pack. 
D.  (jrnvilior  liutl. 
1).  hnnnii-nfa.  Thun. 
1).  crocenria  Hulst. 
D.  ella  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
D.  speciosa  Hulst,  u.  sp. 
D.  vaguria  Walk. 

TRANS.  AM.   KNT.  SOC.   XXIII. 


D.  helena  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
\I).  inceptata  Walk. 

D.' evagaria  Hulst. 

D.  gausaparia  Grt. 

D.  subcessaria  Walk. 

D.  packardaria  Moesch. 

D.  bitactata  Walk. 
■(  D.  wavaria  Linn. 

D.  lafiferrugata  Walk. 

D.  graphidiaria  Hulst. 

D.  octolineuta  Hul.st. 
r^.  decor ata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 


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D.  recUfascin  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  gnmiearia  Pack. 

D.  tenebrosata  Hulst. 

D.  sahiillmria  Hulst.  u.  sp. 

D.  minuta  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  crassata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  florida  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  fextivu  Hulst. 

D.  cleceptata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  pnllidida  Hulst,  n.  sp. 


D.  subacnta  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

/>.  cinerfola  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  umbrifdseiata  Hulst. 

D.  iuqiiinaria  Hulst. 

D.  denticnhdes  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  festa  Hulst.  n.  sp. 

D.  subf(dcata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

D.  bicolorata  Fab. 

D.  distribuaria  Hiib. 


D.  ella  n.  sp. — Expands  32  mm.  Palpi  reddish  ocher.  yellowish  at  end  ;  front 
ocher;  thorax  ocher  reddish,  stained  anteriorly.  Abdomen  clay  ocher;  fore  wings 
even,  unbroken  reddish  orange ;  hind  wings  light  ocher,  washed  with  reddish 
orange  outwardly,  the  color  becoming  strong  towards  and  about  anal  angle ;  be- 
neath yellow  ocher,  with  a  reddish  orange  tinge,  less  marked  posteriorly  on  both 
wings.     Legs  concolorous. 

Wushingtoii. 

n.  <Ieiiticiilo<le!<i  n.  sp. — Expand.s  32-36  mm.  A  species  almost  the  exact 
counterpart  of  Sciaflraphia  denticulafa  Grt.,  in  appearance,  from  some  specimens 
of  which  I  am  not  able  to  distinguish  it  by  color  or  markings.  It  is,  however, 
easily  distinguished  by  the  bipectinate  antennae  of  the  ^  ,  and  the  sharply  serrate 
antennae  of  the  9  • 

Male  and  female  from  Colorado. 

D.  speciosa  n.  sp. — Expands  37-38  mm.  Palpi,  front,  thorax  and  abdomen 
rather  dull  ocher  gray;  fore  wings  gray,  slightly  ochreous,  spotted  with  blackish 
scales,  these  being  more  frequent  and  giving  a  mottled  appearance  near  the  inner 
and  beyond  the  outer  lines:  inner  line  not  sharply  defined,  rather  broad,  wavy, 
dark  fuscous;  discal  spot  large,  fuscous,  oval,  inclosing  a  spot  of  ground  color; 
outer  line  not  defined,  broad,  wavy,  angulate,  subparallel  with  outer  margin  ; 
hind  wings  light  ocher,  striated  outwardly  with  fuscous  :  beneath  light  ocher,  the 
fore  wings  sometimes  tinged  with  fuscous,  and  the  discal  spot  and  cross-lines 
faintly  showing. 

Hot  Springs,  New  Mex.,  Mr.  Meeske.  I  have  the  9  only,  and 
the  insect  is  probably  not  correctly  placed  here,  as  the  thorax  is 
much  more  woolly  above  and  below  than  are  the  other  species  of  the 
genus. 

D.  helena  n.  sp. — Expands  35  mm.  Palpi  yellow  at  base,  smoky  yellow 
outwardly;  front  smoky  ocher;  thorax  smoky  ochreous,  washed  with  violet.' 
Abdomen  dull  ocher.  Wings  rich  reddish  ocher,  somewhat  dotted  and  striated 
with  brown  ;  at  the  middle  of  the  fore  wings  is  a  broad  brown  band,  rather  dif- 
fuse beginnijig  one-fifth  out  from  base  on  costa,  evenly  rounded  outwardly  to 
inner  margin  ;  ground  color  showing  along  costa  and  on  outer  margin  of  the 
band,  the  ground  color  making  an  entering  broad  angle  about  the  subdiscal  vein, 
almost  severing  the  band  ;  also  an  outward,  submarginal,  broad,  brown  band, 
straightly  edged  on  inner  side;  hind  wings  with  corresponding  bands;  beneath 


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the  ground  color  less  sharp,  the  bands  almost  obsolete,  faintly  showing  from  above 
and  strongly  marked  only  on  inner  edge  near  apex  from  costa  to  vein  6.  Legs 
smoky  yellow. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  From  Miss  Helen  Jackson,  its  discoverer,  for 
whom  it  is  named. 

The  type  is  a  9  ,  not  in  the  best  condition,  and  is  so  far  as  I  know 
unique.  It  was  taken  on  a  window,  being  attracted  to  light  in  the 
thickly  built  up  part  of  Brooklyn.  I  am  suspicious  that  it  may  be 
an  accidental  importation  from  the  Tropics.  It  has  some  resemblance 
to  D.  ahydata  Guen. 

D.  decorata  n.  sp.— Expands  35  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  antennae  dark  ocher 
fuscous;  thorax  dark  gray.  Abdomen  fuscous  ocher,  darker  dorsally,  becoming 
black  on  posterior  part  of  each  segment:  fore  wings  bright,  clear,  very  light  gray, 
more  or  less  overlaid  with  fuscous  striations.  the  light  color  clearer  on  middle 
space  and  just  beyond  outer  lines;  basal  line  black,  geminate,  strong  posteriorly  ; 
middle  line  black  at  costa.  a  shading  across  wing:  outer  line  heavy,  black,  gemi- 
nate, angled  in  opposite  directions,  and  so  more  broadly  separated  below  costa; 
marginal  line  black,  broken ;  hind  wings  fuscous  gray,  two  indistinct  outer  fus- 
cous lines,  more  definite  at  inner  margin  ;  marginal  line  broken,  black ;  all  wings 
with  lengthened  black  discal  spots :  hind  wings  slightly  angulate  at  vein  4. 

Platte  Canon,  Colorado,  from  Dr.  Barnes. 

D.  rectifaNCia  n.  sp.— Expands  35  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscous  gray  ; 
antennfe  white,  ringed  with  black;  summit  and  thorax  dull  white,  with  a  few 
blackish  scales.  Wings  broad,  dull  white,  slightly  fuscous  tinged,  granular ;  outer 
line  alone  evident,  fine  dark  fuscous,  angled  subcostally  on  fore  wings,  then 
straight  across  wing,  parallel  with  margin,  straight  and  faintly  showing  on  hind 
wing;  margins  with  faint  intervenular  black  points;  beneath  as  above,  more 
glistening,  lines  wanting,  discal  spots  of  fore  wings  evident,  black. 

Washington,  from  Prof.  Riley,  taken  by  Mr.  Koebele.  The  single 
specimen  is  a  9  • 

D.  crsisSHta  n.  sp.— Expands  31  mm.  Palpi  ocher  fuscous,  front  dark  fus- 
cous; thorax  fuscous  gray  with  a  bluish  tinge.  Abdomen  and  all  wings  even 
light  fuscous,  rather  evenly  peppered  with  dark  fuscous  scales,  slightly  thicker 
on  outer  margin  ;  outer  line  very  faintly  suggested ;  beneath  same  color,  slightly 
more  broken. 

Colorado,  from  Prof.  Gillette ;  one  female  only. 

D.  subalbaria  n".  sp.— Of  the  size  and  appearance  of  Deilinia  erythemaria 
Guen.  under  which  name  it  is  probably  in  collections.  The  fore  wings  are  not  so 
rounded,  have  a  more  pointed  apex,  and  are  hardly  so  broad,  but  the  reseml)lance 
is  very  decided.  The  wings  are  a  dull  white,  with  scattered  dark  specks,  and  the 
fore  wings  with  an  ochreous  tinge  on  the  anterior  portion,  especially  towards 
base;  along  costa.  especially  basally,  the  dark  atoms  are  thicker;  below  as  above. 
The  species  is  easily  distinguished  from  Deilmia  erythremaria  by  the  antennpp  of 
the  %  ,  as  the  pectinations  are  short  and  clavate :  also  the  subcostal  fovea  at  base 
of  hind  wings  below  is  wanting. 
Colorado. 

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D.  minuta  n.  sp. — Expands  23-25  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscons  ochreous 
to  gray ;  summit  generally  gray,  sometimes  with  ocher  tint ;  thorax  gray,  or 
grayish  fuscous.  Abdomen  fuscous,  with  an  ocher  tinge.  Wings  dirty  fuscous 
gray,  scales  roughened,  giving  a  sordid  granular  appearance,  the  fuscous  shading 
more  pronounced  on  the  outer  space,  and  the  whole  of  the  wings  with  irregu- 
larly scattered  black  scales;  cross-lines  three,  indistinct  or  almost  obsolete,  to 
slightly  darker  fuscous  across  the  wing,  showing  especially  and  distinctly  in  dai'k 
fuscous  or  black  patches  along  costa ;  the  first  two  are  even,  slightly  rounded, 
the  outer  angulated  outwai'dly  at  upper  end  of  cell;  the  two  outer  are  faintly 
continued  on  hind  wings;  discal  spots  annulai'.  faint,  diflfuse;  beneath  clearer 
gray,  with  fuscous,  or  fuscous  ocher  blotches,  becoming  at  times  almost  or  quite 
solid,  basally  and  on  outer  space ;  discal  spots  annular,  more  distinct  than  above, 
large. 

Texas,  Arizona.     My  specimens  are  all  females. 

I>.  florida  n.  sp. — Expands  26  mm.  Palpi  rather  long,  prominent,  fuscous 
gray,  with  blackish  intermixed;  front  strongly  cone  tufted,  of  the  same  color; 
thorax  of  same  color,  lighter  gray  posteriorly.  Abdomen  fuscous  ocher;  fore 
wings  fuscous,  with  an  ocher  tinge  to  outer  line,  more  blackish  along  costa ;  first 
two  lines  faint,  the  basal  rounded,  the  second  nearly  straight,  including  the  not 
prominent  discal  spot;  outer  line  black,  heavy,  straight  from  costa  near  apex  to 
the  same  distance  within  inner  angle,  edged  outwardly  with  dull  reddish  brown  ; 
outer  field  fuscous,  slightly  ocher,  margins  black,  wings  subfalcate ;  hind  wings 
fuscous  gray,  darker  beyond  line ;  the  outer  line  present,  blackish,  quite  distinct, 
bent  anteriorly;  marginal  line  blackish;  beneath  both  wings  fuscous  ocher  as 
fore  wings  above,  the  hiud  wings  more  brokenly  ;  lines  very  faintly  showing, 
outer  space  darker  fuscous,  discal  points  indistinct. 

Florida. 

D.  deceptata  n.  sp. — Expands  31  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  gray ;  front  dark 
fuscous :  thorax  and  abdomen  fuscous  gray,  the  latter  somewhat  ocher  tinted  ; 
fore  wings  light  gray,  thickly  overlaid  with  blackish  scales,  giving  a  broken  dark 
gray  color :  basal  space  blackish  at  middle:  basal  line  scarcely  evident;  middle 
line  showing  in  broken  darker  patches ;  outer  line  in  somewhat  lengthened  in- 
tervenular  spots  iu  a  line  parallel  with  margin,  each  spot  preceded  with  a  more 
or  less  distinct  whitish  spot;  margin  of  intervenular  black  spots  preceded  by 
whitish;  discal  spots  black,  small;  hind  wings  even  fuscous,  without  cross-lines; 
discal  spots  obsolete;  marginal  line  indistinct,  dark  fuscous;  beneath  dirty  fus- 
cous, slightly  darker  outwardly  ;  discal  spots  of  fore  wings  very  faint. 

New  York,  one  female  only. 

D.  pallidula  n.  sp. — ^Expands  25  mm.  Light  whitish  ocher;  fore  wiugs 
crossed  by  three  ocher  lines,  the  first  close  to  base,  broad,  rounded,  augulate ;  the 
second  just  within  middle  of  wing,  broad,  rounded,  edges  somewhat  uneven  ;  the 
outer  with  a  fuscous  tinge,  narrow,  running  from  costa  to  vein  6,  following  vein 
6  outwardly  at  a  sharp  angle  for  a  short  distance,  then  turning  sharply  from  it 
and  continuing  to  inner  margin  parallel  with  outer  edge,  the  line  somewhat 
tremulous  in  its  course;  between  veins  3  and  4  is  a  large  broken  black  spot,  di- 
vided by  the  outer  line;  hind  wings,  the  three  lines  continued  across  the  wiugs: 
discal  spots  dark,  diffuse;  beneath  much  as  above,  more  fuscous,  lines  more  iu- 


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definite  and  less  pronounced  ;  fore  wings  much  arched  costally  ;  hind  wings  wavy, 
produced,  subangulate  at  vein  4. 

Colorado. 

D.  siibacutH  n.  sp.— Expands  26-28  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscous  ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  fuscous  ocher,  the  abdomen  becoming  dark  fuscous  dorsally  after 
•  the  first  three  segments;  fore  wings  buff  ocher.  uniform,  evenly  scattered  over 
with  fuscous  scales  ;  cross-lines  fuscous,  nearly  straight  or  slightly  curved,  parallel 
to  each  other,  the  middle  one  just  within  and  vouching  the  discal  spot,  the  outer 
half  way  between  the  middle  one  and  the  outer  margin  ;  hind  wings  bufi"  ocher 
lighter  basally,  with  the  two  outer  lines  of  fore  wings  continued  ;  all  discal  spots 
present,  black;  all  marginal  lines  broken,  black;  beneath  color  nearly  as  above, 
uniform,  the  outer  line  alone  showing;  discal  spots  distinct;  marginal  lines 
broken,  black  ;  fore  wings  slightly  falcate  in  'J,  ;  hind  wings  somewhat  wavy  in 
both  sexes. 

Colorado,  Nevada. 

D.  cinereola  n.  sp.— Expands  30  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  thorax  fuscous 
gray.  Abdomen  the  same  color,  more  fuscous  towards  end  ;  fore  wings  light  gray, 
with  fine  striations  and  powderings  of  fuscous  gray,  very  even,  clean  and  smooth 
in  appearance,  giving  a  gray,  slightly  bluish  color;  lines  black,  the  basal  faint, 
rounded,  the  outer  not  sharply  defined,  bent  outward  from  costa,  inward  from 
beyond  cell  to  vein  4,  then  nearly  straight  to  inner  margin,  giving  a  gently 
evenly  curved  line,  much  as  in  Macaria  meadii ;  hind  wings  even,  light  gray  ;  all 
marginal  lines  black  ;  beneath,  fore  wings  colored  much  as  above,  with  the  cross- 
lines  obsolete,  the  hind  wings  more  heavily  fuscous  shaded  and  somewhat  darker 
than  the  fore  wings. 
Colorado. 

D.  festa  n.  sp.— P:xpands  32  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  collar  bright  yellow 
ocher,  slightly  tinged  with  fuscous;  thorax  light  gray,  glaucous  with  a  bluish 
shade.  Abdomen  light  fuscous  gray ;  fore  wings  subfalcate.  light  gray,  bluish 
tinged,  with  scattered  fuscous  and  blackish  scales,  more  heavy  outwardly,  giving 
a  general  fuscous  bluish  gray  color;  lines  three,  faint,  not  easily  discerned,  fus- 
cous in  color;  the  first  narrow,  rounded;  the  second  broader,  more  diffuse, 
rounded  out  from  costa,  nearly  straight  from  middle  of  cell  to  inner  margin  ; 
outer  line  evenly  rounded  out  from  costa  and  beyond  cell  at  middle,  parallel  with 
outer  margin,  lightened  up  outwardly,  and  definitely  marked  with  black  points 
on  each  of  the  veins;  all  lines  definite  and  blackish  at  costa;  a  brown  subtrian- 
"gular  costal  spot  within  apex,  marginal  line  black,  broken  behind,  solid  and  heavy 
below  apex  ;  hind  wings  nearly  even  fuscous  gray,  heavier  and  showing  in  outer 
cross-lines ;  discal  spots  dark ;  marginal  line  broken  black,  the  wing  itself  with 
prominent  angle  at  vein  4  ;  beneath  light  gray,  with  more  or  less  of  scattered 
broken  fuscous  ocher,  this  showing  quite  definitely  in  outer  bands  on  all  wings. 

One  female,  Colorado,  taken  June  6th. 

D.  SiibfalcatH  n.  sp.— Expands  30-35  mm.  Very  ranch  in  appearance  like 
D.  fenta,  the  body  parts  fuscous  ocher,  and  the  wings  yellow  ocher,  more  or  less 
overlaid  with  fuscous,  especially  on  outer  third;  the  lines  are  heavier,  more  dis- 
tinct and  darker,  the  middle  one  more  even  below  costa,  the  outer  one  more  an- 

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336  GEORGE    D.    HITLST. 

gulate ;  the  costal  aud  outer  sharlings  are  heavier,  the  outer  space  sometimes 
being  well  darkened ;  the  hind  wings  are  slightly  wavy  margined,  not  angulate 
as  in  D.  festa;  beneath  as  D.  festa,  but  ochreous,  and  with  shadings  much  inten- 
sified. 

Three  females,  Colorado.  The  specimens  differ  considerably,  one 
havino;  the  outer  mara-in  much  darker  than  the  others,  and  one  hav- 
ing  the  ground  color  a  bluish  gray,  as  in  D.  festa.  I  would  regard 
them  as  varieties  of  festo,  were  it  not  for  the  marked  difference  in 
the  shape  of  the  hind  wings. 

16.  MYC'TIPHAMTA  n.  gen. 
Type  Itetula  Hulst. 

Palpi  quite  short,  porrect,  loosely  scaled  below ;  tougue  weak,  not 
more  than  one  half  thorax  ;  front  loosely  hairy  scaled  ;  antenna; 
bipectinate  to  apex  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth.  Legs  smooth, 
rather  long;  hind  tibiis  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  and  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  12  veins,  with  fovea  at 
base  in  S  ,  6  at  a  point  with  7,  10  and  II  from  cell  ;  hind  wings, 
veins  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  stemmed,  5  undeveloped. 

Distinguished  by  the  stemming  of  (>  and  7  in  the  hind  wings,  a 
phase  of  structure  very  rare  auiong  the  Ennominse. 
Species.  — N.  ketula  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

SJ.  Isetula  n.  sp.— Expands  40  mm.  Palpi  yellow  oc.her;  front  yellow  ;  au- 
tennse  dark  fuscous ;  thorax  anteriorly  bright  yellow,  ocher  posteriorly.  Abdo- 
men ocher ;  fore  wings  bright  yellow,  the  color  more  decided  basally  and  along 
costa;  a  broad  basal  cross-line,  faint  purple;  an  outer  cross-line,  more  distinct 
purple,  parallel  with  outer  margin;  hind  wings  very  even  bright  ocher  color; 
beneath  fore  wings  as  above,  more  ocher  in  color,  the  basal  cross-line  wanting, 
the  outer  distinct  purple;  costa  stained  with  broken  fuscous:  hind  wings  brighter 
yellow  than  above,  except  along  anal  margin,  with  a  few  scattered  brown  spots, 
and  a  broad  uneven  outer  brown  line ;  discal  spots  apparent,  large,  and  decided 
on  hind  wings. 

Arizona,  one  male. 

17.  A  POL,  EM  A  n.  gen. 
Type  c.arata  Hulst. 

Palpi  rather  long,  slender,  subascending ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 
probably  scale  tufted ;  antennae  of  $  flattened,  naked,  segments 
close  and  even  ;  thorax  smooth.  Legs  smooth,  hind  tibite  not  swol- 
len, without  hair  pencil,  and  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  subangulate,  falcate,  rather  narrow,  with  fovea  at  base  in 
S ,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  and  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  slightly 
rounded  in  below  anterior  angle,  then  sinuate,  6  and  7  separate,  5 
undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 


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Close  to   Opisthograptis  Hiib.,  differing  especially  in  the  naked 
flat  antenna?  of  %  . 

Species. — A.  carata  Hulst. 

Ts.  EL'ASP1L.ATES  Pack. 

Geoni.  Moths,  203.  1876. 

Type  spinitaria  Pack. 

Palpi  short,  hairy  below  ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennse  bipectinate 
in  I  ,  the  pectinations  moderate ;  front  broad,  smooth  ;  thorax  and 
abdomen  rather  smooth  ;  thorax  somewhat  woolly  below.  Legs 
smooth,  fore  tibial  short,  stout,  rather  flattened,  with  two  spurs  at 
end,  the  outer  strong,  long,  the  inner  smaller  and  shorter ;  hind 
tibiae  club  shaped,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings 
without  fovea,  11  veins,  10  wanting,  11  from  cell  anastomosing  with 
9 ;  hind  wings  7  veins  all  separate,  5  undeveloped. 
Species. -T^£.  spinitaria  Pack. 

19.  A\THELIA  n.  gen. 
Type  taylorata  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  subascending,  heavy,  end  member  deflexed  ;  tongue 
developed;  front  with  a  long  conical  hair  tuft ;  antennae  of  %  fili- 
form, scarcely  flattened  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth.  Legs  smooth, 
hind  tibiae  of  %  long,  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  two  pairs  of  spurs 
in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  subfalcate,  even,  without  fovea  at  base  in 
%  ,  12  veins,  10  from  cell,  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  all  veins  sepa- 
rate, 5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  the  cell. 
Species. — A.  taylorata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

A.  taylorata  n.  sp.  — Expands  35  mm.  Palpi,  front,  thorax  and  abdomen 
smoky  clay  color,  the  prominent  tuft  of  the  front  and  the  antennae  slightly  less 
smoky  than  the  rest;  palpi  quite  prominent,  the  end  member  drooping;  fore 
wings,  apex  sharp,  slightly  falcate,  outer  margin  subangulate  at  vein  4;  color 
dead  clay,  darker  along  costal  field,  and  on  outer  field  of  hind  wings,  which  cor- 
respond in  color  with  the  fore  wings;  both  wings  dotted  with  dark  brown  atoms: 
basal  line  of  fore  wings  obsolete ;  outer  line  broad,  brown,  straight,  with  edges 
indistinct,  fading  into  the  ground  color,  beginning  at  costa  three-fourths  from 
base,  and  striking  inner  margin  two-thirds  from  base  ;  a  corresponding  submar- 
ginal  broad  line,  more  indistinct,  starting  from  near  apex,  where  it  is  very  faint, 
then  running  parallel  with  outer  margin  ;  hind  wings  with  a  corresponding  line 
three-fifths  out  from  base,  indistinct:  discal  spots  wanting,  or  faintly  suggested 
on  fore  wings;  beneath  an  even  clay  color,  considerably  dotted  with  brown. 
Legs  corresponding  with  thorax  in  color. 

Victoria,  British  Columbia,  from  Prof  Taylor,  to  whom  I  dediciite 
the  species. 

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20.  SYMPHERTA  n.  gen. 
Type  tripunctaria  Pack. 

Palpi  long,  porrect  or  drooping,  beak  like,  loose  scaled  below  ; 
tongue  developed  ;  front  with  a  long  conical  hair  tuft ;  antennae  bi- 
pectinate  in  %  ,  the  pectinations  rather  short,  apex  sin)ple ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  rather  loose  scaled  ;  legs  smooth  ;  hind  tibife  in  % 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both 
sexes ;  fore  wings  falcate,  rounded,  with  fovea  at  base  of  wing  in  %  , 
12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  all  veins  separate,  5 
undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species :  — 
S.  marcessarla  Pack.  S.  julia  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

■\  S.  tripunctaria  Faick.  ,  S.  coloradensis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  julia.  n.  sp. — Expands  28  33  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscous,  to  fuscous  ocher; 
thorax  gray  to  fuscous.  Abdomen  dull  white  to  fuscous;  fore  wings  light  gray 
to  fuscous,  somewhat  mixed  with  darker  atoms  ;  basal  line  dark  brown  to  black- 
ish, slightly  rounded  outward,  not  distinct ;  middle  line  a  faint  shade,  straight, 
just  within  discal  spot;  outer  line  scarcely  visible  in  black  points  on  veins,  or 
wholly  obsolete,  its  place  shown  by  a  broad  band  nearly  or  quite  obsolete  costally  ; 
this  varies  in  intensity  and  color,  being  sometimes  reddish  brown,  reaching  from 
that  to  olive  color;  a  submarginal  whitish  dentate  line,  parallel  with  outer  mar- 
gin, runs  through  this  band  :  this  line  often  indistinct  and  having  on  the  inner 
side  a  series  of  dark  spots,  especially  marked  at  veins  3  and  4,  and  at  6  and  7 ; 
discal  spots  lengthened,  enclosing  a  space  of  ground  color,  marginal  line  of  dis- 
tinct black  points;  hind  wings  gray  to  fuscous,  darker  outwardly,  cross-line  faint 
or  obsolete ;  beneath  fuscous  to  fuscous  ocher,  in  all  cases  more  ochreous  on  the 
veins. 

Sudbury,  Ontario,  from  Mr.  Evans ;  Washington,  from  Prof. 
Riley ;  Calgary,  from  Mr.  Wolly-Dod ;  Glenwood  Springs,  Col., 
from  Dr.  Barnes ;  Montana. 

S.  coloradensis  n.  sp. — Expands  35  ram.  Palpi  and  front  blackish  gray 
or  blackish  ;  thorax  dark  fuscous  gray.  Abdomen  dark  gray,  ringed  with  black  ; 
fore  wings  gray,  stained  with  fuscous,  and  with  a  bluish  tint,  crossed  by  three 
subparallel  broad  lines  dark  fuscous  in  color,  each  somewhat  bent  at  cell,  the 
middle  one  enclosing  the  annulate  discal  spot ;  a  submarginal  lighter  line  parallel 
with  margin  or  nearly  so.  edged  inwardly  below  costa  and  at  middle  with  dark 
brown  cloudings;  marginal  line  of  faint  black  spots,  edged  outwardly  with 
whiti-ih  ;  hind  wings  even  dark  fuscous,  with  a  faint  cross-line  beyond  cell ;  be- 
neath fuscous,  peppered  with  darker  atoms,  veins  with  ochreous  tinting. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce ;  somewhat  resembling  some  specimens 
of  S.  julia,  but  with  wings  less  broad,  and  pectinations  of  antennae 
of   S    much  shorter. 


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p21.  HO]»IO<'HI.ODES  ii.  gen. 
Type  fritillaria  Gueii. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  rather  long,  scaled  below ;  tongue 
developed;  front  smooth;  antennae  flattened,  filiform,  very  finely 
ciliate;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth;  legs  smooth,  hind  tibise  in  I 
much  swollen,  with  pencil  of  hairs,  and  with  a  short  tuft  of  hairs 
at  end  of  femora;  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings 
rounded,  without  fovea  at  base  in  I  ,  12  veins,  10  from  cell  with  9, 
or  short  stemmed  with  it,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  all  veins  sepa- 
rate, 5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. -l-i^  fritillaria  Guen.  (disconventa  Wlk.) 
H.  famulata  Hulst. 

•22.  THAL,L,OPHAGA  u.  geu. 
TjY>^  faufaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  subascending,  end  member  small,  deflexed ;  front  with 
strong  conical  scale  tuft ;  antennae  of  %  flattened,  somewhat  lamel- 
late ;  tongue  developed ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae 
of  Z  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  broad, 
slightly  falcate,  without  fovea  below,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell ; 
hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species.  —  T.  faataria  Hulst. 

23.  AETHYCTERAn.  gen. 
Type  electa  Hulst. 

Palpi  rather  short,  porrect,  not  heavily  scaled  ;  tongue  strong  ; 
front  broad,  smooth  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  Z  ,  plumose,  pectina- 
tions long,  filiform,  apex  simple ;  thorax  and  abdomen  scaled  ;  hind 
tibiae  long,  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs;  fore 
wings  pointed,  somewhat  falcate,  rounded,  without  fovea  below,  12 
veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  even,  rounded,  anal  angle 
quite  distinct,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — A.  electa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

A.  electa  n.  sp. — Expands  32  mm.  Palpi  ocher  fuscous  at  end  ;  front  ocber 
yellow,  with  a  fuscous  stain  ;  thorax  ocher.  Abdomen  ooher  at  base,  becoming 
ocher  fuscous  towards  end,  the  whole  intermixed  with  dark  scales;  fore  wings 
even  violet  ocher,  evenly  peppered  over  with  blackish  scales  ;  outer  space  slightly 
darkened,  veins  less  violet;  hind  wings  dull  white,  somewhat  peppered  along 
inner  edge  with  darkish  scales  :  beneath  light  violet  ocher,  much  lighter  than 
above,  spattered  with  dark  scales,  not  so  distinct  nor  sharp  in  color  as  above, 
and  these  prevalent,  especially  on  the  hind  wings ;  at  apex  of  fore  wings  and 
along  outer  margin  the  color  deepens  so  as  to  resemble  the  color  above. 
Siskiyou  County,  California. 

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340  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

/24.  AP^CASIA  n.  gen. 
Type  detersata  Guen. 
Palpi   moderate,  subascending,  rather  stout,  long  scaled  below ; 
front  with  scale  tuft ;  tongue  developed ;    antennae  of    %    slightly 
flattened,  filiform,  finely  and  shortly  ciliate ;   thorax  and  abdomen 
loose  scaled ;  legs  smooth,  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in   %  ,  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  rounded,  even,  without 
fovea  in   S    at  base,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings,  all 
veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
^_      Species :  — 

I  A.  detersata  Guen.  A.  extremarla  Wlk. 

A.  defluata  Wlk.  A.  bijilata  Hulst. 

A.  deductaria  Walk. 

25.  C.4TOPYRRHA  Hiib. 
Verz.  300.  1818. 

Type  colorarin  Fab. 

Palpi  long,  subascending,  beak  like,  end  member  horizontal,  the 
whole  rather  heavily  scaled,  front  with  strong  conical  tuft ;  tongue 
developed  ;  antennae  strongly  bipectiuate  in  %  ,  almost  to  apex ; 
thorax  anteriorly  long  hairy  ;  abdomen  rather  loose  scaled  ;  thorax 
woolly  hairy  below  ;  legs  smooth,  rather  long,  not  swollen,  without 
hair  pencil,  and  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  wings 
rounded,  even  ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  without  fovea  at  base  in  %  , 
10  on  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  with  fovea  beneath  at  base 
between  vein  8  and  cell ;  5  undeveloped ;  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species.  —  C.  ferrugmosaria  Pack. 
C.  color  aria  Fab. 

C  coloraria  var.  perolivata  n.  var. — Of  the  size  and  markings  of  the 
type  form,  but  above  of  a  beautiful  olive-green,  evenly  spread  over  the  whole 
surface  of  both  wings;  beneath  a  bright  clear  yellow  on  all  wings  from  base  to 
outer  line,  beyond  that  the  yellow  more  or  less  overlaid  with  dark  reddish  and 
purple. 

Texas,  from  Mr.  Rautenberg.  A  most  striking  and  beautiful 
insect,  both  above  and  below. 

26.  EUEHIERA  n.  gen. 
Type  jutnrnaria  Guen. 

Palpi  very  long,  beak  like,  heavily  scaled  on  first  and  second 
members,  subascending,  end  member  sharp,  horizontal ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  with  a  conical  hair  tuft ;  antennae  bipectiuate  in  %  , 
apex  simple ;   thorax  and  abdomen  hairy  scaled  ;   legs  long ;  hind 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  341 

tibijB  in  both  sexes  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  and  with  two 
pairs  of  spurs ;  wings  even  ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  at  base  in  %  , 
small,  close  to  base,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  U  on  cell;  hind  wings  all 
veins  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  a  fovea  not  strongly  developed 
at  base  of  wing  in  %  between  vein  8  and  costa. 
8pecies.-yO..  juturnaria  Guen. 

A.  viridirufaria  Neum. 

/r27rCARIPETA  Walk. 
C.  B.  M.  pt.  26,  1524,  1862. 

Type  dicisata  Wlk. 
Parennomos  Pack.,  Mass.  Agric.  Kep.  15,  1870,  type  divimta  Walk. 

Pali)i  moderate  or  rather  short,  porrect,  slender;  tongue  devel- 
oped ;  front  smooth  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  ,  apex  simple,  den- 
tate in  9  ;  thorax  rather  rough  haired,  woolly  below;  abdomen 
smooth  ;  legs  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  in  %  swollen  and  with  hair  pencil, 
swollen  in  $  ,  in  both  sexes  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  wings  even, 
rounded ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  3  and  4  from  a  point, 
6  stemmed  with  7,  10  and  11  from  cell  anastomosing  with  12;  hind 
wings  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species :  — 
C.  ic?a  Hulst,  n.  sp.  C.  angustiorata\y\k.  [Grt.) 

M  grcefiaria  Hulst.  ^m^aretaria  Wlk.  ( subochrearia 

j  C.  divimta  Wlk.  /    QuEipjMJdanCL.Qrt. 

C.  Ida  n.  sp.— Expands  35  mm.  Palpi  and  front  buflF  color,  summit  a  little 
fuscous;  thorax  buff  ochreoua  in  front,  lijiht  ocher  mixed  with  white  behind. 
Abdomen  ochreous:  fore  wings  somewhat  orange  ocher,  lightening  a  little  on  the 
veins,  unicolorous  with  the  exception  of  a  few  scattered  black  scales  to  the  discal 
spot,  which  is  distinct  black;  an  outer  black  line,  uneven,  rather  jagged,  parallel 
in  its  general  direction  with  outer  margin  from  costa  to  vein  6,  then  generally 
rounded  inward  and  again  outward,  reaching  inner  margin  at  posterior  angle  of 
wing:  a  subapical  dark  space;  otherwise  the  outer  space  unicolorous,  the  veins 
not  lightened  ;  hind  wings  ocher  at  base,  gradually  becoming  orange  ocher  at 
■  outwardly;  discal  spots  distinct,  black,  small;  beneath  unicolorous  ocher.  with 
an  orange  or  fulvous  tinge. 

Colorado,  Mr.  Bruce.  I  have  the  9  only,  and  so  cannot  posi- 
tively vouch  for  its  generic  reference. 

pits.  PHENGOMMAT^A  n.  gen. 
Type  edwanlsafa  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  or  subascending,  loosely  scaled ;  tongue 
developed  ;  front  smooth  ;  antennse  of  S  flattened,  lamellate,  naked  ; 
thorax  woolly  above  and  below ;    abdomen  woolly  at  base ;    legs, 

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342  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

femora  with  long  hairs ;  hind  tibiee  of  %  swollen,  without  hair  pen- 
cil, with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  rounded  or 
subangular  at  4,  without  fovea  at  base  in    %  ,  12  veins,  6  separate, 

10  and  11  stemmed,  anastomosing  with  12  and  scarcely  with  9  ;  hind 
wings  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. —:uf*.  edivardsata  Hulst. 

'  P-  d^liU'H.da  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
/  P.  gertrnda  n.  sp. — Expands  40-42  mm.  Palpi  light  ocher,  stained  with 
fuscoiis  towards  ends  ;  front  ocher  fuscous  ;  antennae  of  same  color,  lighter  basally ; 
thoi'ax  ocher  below,  reddish  brown  above.  Abdomen  dull  whitish :  fore  wings 
bright  reddish  brown,  almost  fulvous,  marked  with  broad,  white,  longitudinal 
stripes  on  spaces  between  the  veins  ;  the  anterior  one  between  7  and  8  is  subniar- 
ginal  and  short;  the  next  reaches  from  margin  almost  to  stem  of  8  and  7  ;  the 
next  between  5  and  6  extends  from  margin,  merging  with  the  next  lower,  which 
itself  is  faint  towards  margin,  the  merging  being  on  vein  5  outside  of  cell  and 
extending  longitudinally  across  cell,  more  faintly  towards  base,  the  lower  part 
separating  within  cell  and  joining  a  corresponding  band  just  below  subdiscal 
vein  ;  sometimes  the  ground  color  is  apparent  on  vein  5  all  its  length,  and  the 
two  white  bands  do  not  actually  unite;  the  jiarts  between  3  and  4  and  2  and  3 
are  short,  not  reaching  cell:  the  bands  between  1  and  2.  and  posterior  to  1,  are 
straight,  the  former  joining  with  the  one  between  4  and  5  near  base  but  not 
reaching  it,  the  latter  reaching  to  base;  hind  wings  with  lines  broadened  so  that 
the  fulvous  color  is  mostly  lost  on  basal  two-thirds,  and  is  fainter  outwardly  on 
veins;  beneath  as  above,  the  fulvous  more  faint  on  fore  wings,  stronger  on  bind 
wings,  especially  anteriorly. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Cockerell  and  Mr.  Bruce. 

29.  PL.AT^A  H.-Sch. 
Auseur,  Schniet.  p.  84,  1855. 

Type  califoniiaria  H.-Sch. 
Gorytodes,  Gueu.  Phal.  ii,  179,  1857,  type  califormnria  H.-Scb. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  heavy  ;  tongue  developed ;  front  with  hair 
tuft;  antennae  pectinated  in  both  sexes,  in  S  almost  to  apex,  pecti- 
nations moderate  ;  thorax  loosely  scaled ;  abdomen  smooth ;  legs 
smooth,  hind  tibise  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  subfalcate,  sometimes  obscurely 
angulate  at  4,  especially  in  %  ,  12  veins,  6  and  7  stemmed,  10  and 

1 1  from  cell,  without  fovea  below  in  %  ;  hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed, 
5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Dr.  Packard  figures  the  fore  wings  with  1 1  veins  only.     In  many 
specimens  I  have  found  no  such  example  and  no  such  tendency. 
Species. -kP.  californiaria  H.-Sch.  (uncanaria  Gn.) 
P.  trilinearia  i^ack. 
P.  diva  Hulst,  n.  sp. 


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P.  diva  n.  sp. — Expands  35-38  mm.  Palpi  slender,  porrect,  rather  long,  gray, 
spattered  with  dark  scales;  front,  thorax  and  abdomen  gray,  with  like  dark  scales 
intermixed,  these  rather  more  dense  on  anterior  part  of  thorax  ;  fore  wings  gray 
more  or  less  powdered  with  blackish  scales;  a  faint  blackish  basal  line  evident 
deeply  angled  outwardly  at  middle  and  not  reaching  inner  margin  :  middle  field 
darkening  ontwardly,  forming  against  the  gray  outer  field  a  scalloped  edge,  the 
dentations  being  inward  and  on  the  veins,  the  posterior  being  the  deeper,  and 
the  general  trend  of  the  line  being  away  from  outer  margin  ;  posteriorly  the  line 
stops  at  fold  between  veins  1  and  2,  and,  going  towards  base,  joins  the  basal ;  outer 
field  with  a  rather  broad  darkening  along  margin,  and  a  black  marginal  line  : 
fringe  white,  blackened  outwardly  at  ends  of  veins ;  discal  spot  large,  oval, 
black;  hind  wings  even  gray,  traiislucent.  slightly  darker  outwardlv  ;  marginal 
line  blackish,  fringe  gray;  discal  spot  dark,  small,  faint;  beneath  fore  wings 
gray,  darker  basally,  and  with  submarginal  darker  band  ;  marginal  line  black, 
fringe  as  above  ;  hind  wings  gray  at  base,  darkening  into  a  broad  band  on  outer 
half;  discal  spots  faint ;  legs  and  abdomen  beneath  dark  gray. 

California,  from  Dr.  Riley,  taken  in  Argus  Mountains. 

30.  EXYPIA  n.  gen. 
Type  venata  Grt. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rough  scaled ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 
close  scaled,  rounded  ;  antennae  of  S  flattened,  nearly  naked,  lamel- 
late ;  thorax  hairy  above,  woolly  below,  femora  with  fringe  of  hairs. 
Abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  scarcely  swollen,  with  hair  pencil  in 
%  ,  with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  in  %  ,  small,  close 
to  base,  12  veins,  10  stemmed  with  11  at  base;  hind  wing.s,  5  unde- 
veloped, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  all  v/ings  broad, 
even,  rounded. 

Species.  —  E.  venata  Grt. 

E.  perangulatn  Hulst,  n.  &p. 

E.  perangulatn  n.  sp. — Expands  38-42  mm.  In  many  respects  like  E. 
venata  Grt.,  and  probably  its  representative  in  Colorado.  The  ground  color  is 
much  darker,  being  dark  gray  instead  of  whitish,  and  the  space  between  the 
cross-lines  evenly  blackish  gray.  The  lines  run  the  same  on  the  fore  wings,  and 
there  is  the  same  row  of  black  points  on  the  hind  wings,  though  fainter  and 
"sometimes  obsolete  in  E.  perangnlufa ;  both  fore  and  hind  wings  are  narrower 
than  in  E.  venata,  and  the  insects  has  considerably  the  appearance  of  Nepytia 
semiclasaria  Walk. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce  and  Dr.  Gillette. 

31.  PHIIiEDIAn.  gen. 
Type  pHnciomacularia  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  slender ;  tongue  developed;  front  smooth;  antennae 
pectinated  in  %  to  apex,  pectinations  rather  short ;  summit  of  head 
with  something  of  an  overhanging  scale  tuft ;  thorax  loosely  scaled. 

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344  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

Abdomen  smooth  ;  legs  smooth,  hind  tibije  of  %  swollen,  with  hair 
pencil  in  %  ,  two  pairs  of  spurs  present  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings 
even,  without  fovea  below,  12  veined,  10  and  11  from  cell,  12  sepa- 
rate ;  hind  wings  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from 
cell. 

Species. — P.  punctomacularia  Hulst. 

32.  SEPYTIA  n.  gen. 
Type  semiclusaria  Walk. 

Palpi  moderate  or  small,  not  heavy ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
broad,  rounded,  close  scaled ;  antennjB  of  %  pectinated  to  apex,  of 
$  filiform  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  above,  loose  haired  below.  Abdo- 
men smooth  ;  legs  slender,  hind  tibiae  slightly  swollen,  without  hair 
pencil  in  %  ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  close  to  base  in  %  ,  12 
veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  all  wings  even,  rounded. 
Species. -4-iV.  nigrovenaria  Pack.  ^ 

.  JSf.  sermcJusaria  "Wallc.  " 

/  N.  umirosaia  PacE.. 

23.  AL.CIS  Curt. 
Brit.  Ent.  iii,  303,  1825. 

Type  repandata  Linn. 
Hesperumia  Pack.,  Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  xvi,  37.  1874,  type. 

Palpi  moderate,  sometimes  quite  long,  and  sometimes  quite  short, 
porrect  or  subascending,  rather  rough  scaled  ;  tongue  developed ; 
front  scaled,  sometimes  tufted ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex 
simple,  the  pectinations  generally  clavate,  sometimes  filiform,  mod- 
erate or  short,  always  gradually  shortening  to  simple  apex,  the  an- 
tennae never  plumose,  of  9  filiform  or  serrate ;  thorax  scaled  or 
hairy  scaled,  rarely  tufted  posteriorly,  somewhat  hairy  below.  Ab- 
domen scaled ;  hind  tibiae  swollen,  w'ith  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  12  or  11  veins,  varying  in  the  same  species,  11 
being  often  or  generally  absent,  with  fovea  below  in  %  ;  hind  wings 
5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  the  wings 
rounded,  rarely  wavy  or  somewhat  anguhite. 

Aids  and  Cleora  are  very  near  each  other,  and  while  the  various 
species  included  under  them  are  very  different  in  superficial  appear- 
ance, I  find  it  difficult  to  find  any  structural  characteristic  which 
will  distinctly  separate  them.  Alcis  generally  has  shorter  pectina- 
tions to  the    %    antennae ;    they  are  generally  clavate  and  always 


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gradually  shorten  to  the  simple  apex.      Cleora  has  long  filiform  pec- 
tinatiouJ  to  the  %    auteniue,  and  they  always  shorten  suddenly  to 
the  simple  apex.    The  latter  characteristic  is  peculiar  to  a  few  species 
mostly  included  under  the  old  genus  Boarmia. 
Species : — 

A.  sulphurarin  Pack.  ^-  obliquaria  Grt. 

A.  spododea  Hulst,  n.  sp.  A.  af.rolinearia  Hulst. 

A.  mnlHlineata  Pack.  A.  imitata  Walk. 

A.  dislocarin  Pack.  A.  caUfoniiaria  Pack. 

A.  metanemaria  Hulst.  A.  loUfaxci'ir'ni  Pack. 

A.  depromaria  Gvt.  -^A.  Ixii/dmnta  Park. 

A.  dissonariu  Hulst,  n.  sp.  \A.  Jiiridnln  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

A.  dejecta  Hulst,  n.  sp.  A.  laiipenuh  Hulst,  u.  sp. 

A.  5-linearia  Pack. 

A.  dissonaria  u.  sp.— Expands  35-38  mm.  Of  the  quinquelinearia  Pack, 
group.  CoU.r  light  gray  or  dull  white,  with  a  mixture  of  dark  brown  scales; 
lines  of  wings  oblique,  the  basal  obsolete  towards  costa,  with  an  inner  shadow 
line,  the  outer  evenly  sinuate  with  outer  shadow  line;  the  outer  line  obsolete 
towlrds  apex,  runs  from  that  direction  to  middle  of  inner  margin  ;  a  middle  line 
faint,  from  costa.  through  discal  spot,  nearly  reaching  outer  line  then  subparallel 
with  it  to  inner  margin  ;  the  lengthened  discal  spot  and  line  with  the  sinus  of  the 
outer  line  give  an  impression  of  an  inclosed  rounded  costal  space ;  hind  wings 
basal  line  indistinct:  outer  line  with  its  outer  shadow  line  wavy,  most  bent  in  at 
3:  marginal  Hue  fine,  black,  even  ;  outer  margin  of  fore  wings  evenly  wavy,  the 
hind  wings  more  wavy,  but  with  a  strong  inner  depression  at  5;  thorax  and  ab- 
domen light  gray,  segments  of  abdomen  black  anteriorly. 

Colorado. 

A.  spododea  n.  sp.— Expands  32-34  mm.  Palpi  and  front  dark  fuscous; 
antenna;  fuscous,  pectinations  very  short,  though  distinct :  thorax  fuscous,  patagiai 
blackish  gray.  Abdomen  fuscous,  the  segments  ringed  with  dark  fuscous  or 
black ;  fore  wings  dark  gray,  with  four  cross-lines,  two  basal  close  together,  the 
inner  the  more  diffuse,  parallel,  very  slightly  rounded  outwardly;  the  third  line 
is  just  within  the  discal  spot,  broad,  black,  nearly  straight,  more  diffuse  outwardly ; 
the  outer  line  is  black,  with  a  faint  shadow  line  outwardly  just  beyond  discal 
spot,  nearly  straight,  or  evenly  curved  twice ;  a  submarginal  jagged  white  line, 
edged  with  fuscous  or  blackish  ;  marginal  space  darker  than  the  rest  of  the  wing ; 
margin  with  black  points;  hind  wings  light  gray  at  base,  becoming  dark  gray 
outwardly;  three  faint  lines  showing,  each  limited  by  a  black  spot  on  inner 
margin  ;  beneath  light  gray,  the  lines  faintly  shadowed. 

Colorado.    In  appearance  very  much  like  Sciagraphia  atrifasciata. 

A.  dejecta  n.  sp.— Expands  35-40  mm.  An  insect  of  the  size  of  Cleom 
larvaria,  and  in  its  general  appearance  very  much  resembling  it.  The  lines  are 
in  general  very  nearly  the  same,  though  much  less  decided  in  dejecta ;  the  outer 
line  of  the  fore  wings  is  oblique,  beginning  nearer  the  apex,  and  the  outer  line 
of  the  hind  wings  is  less  angulate  at  middle;  the  whole  appearance  of  the  insect 

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346  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

is  softer  and  more  subdued ;  both  the  front  and  hind  wings  are  more  wavy  on 
outer  margin,  and  there  is  the  difference  in  the  antennal  structure  of  the  %  . 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  Colorado. 

A.  latipennis  n.  sp. — Expands  45  mm.  Palpi  dull  gray  ;  front  the  same, 
blackish  in  middle,  summit  gray;  thorax  gray.  Abdomen  gray,  washed  poste- 
riorly with  fuscous.  Wings  light  gray,  overlaid  thickly  with  fuscous  scales,  the 
veins  with  less  of  these,  and  therefore  lighter;  basal  line  indicated  by  three  or 
four  black  points  on  veins;  outer  line  indicated  by  black  points  on  each  vein 
parallel  with  margin  and  a  faint  connecting  line ;  a  line  of  intervenular  black 
points  on  margin,  and  a  submarginal  light  shade  line;  hind  wings  with  straight 
inner  shade,  and  a  nearly  straight  median  line  emphasized  in  points  on  veins  ;  a 
marginal  black  line  ;  discal  spots  on  all  wings  black  ;  beneath  more  even,  hardly 
lighter  in  color:  discal  spots  very  faint  on  fore  wings,  sharp  and  black  on  hind 
wings,  no  spots  or  lines  otherwise :  all  wings  are  broad,  the  hind  ones  somewhat 
scalloped  on  outer  margin. 

"  Easton,  Washington."     From  Dr.  Riley. 

A.  luridula  n.  sp. — Expands  43  mm.  Palpi  very  short,  blackish  gray; 
front  closely  scaled,  fuscous  gray;  antennse,  thorax  and  abdomen  gray,  with  few 
darker  scales;  all  wings  of  an  even  fuscous  gray  color,  closely  scaled,  slightly 
powdered  with  darker  scales,  atid  the  whole  with  a  faint  violet  reflection  ;  be- 
neath as  above,  somewhat  lighter  and  smoother.  Legs  concolorous,  tarsi  becoming 
darker. 

Florida.     From  Mrs.  Slosson. 

34.  AIHILiAPIS  Guen. 
Phal.  ii,  62,  1857. 

Type  unipunctata  Haw. 

Palpi  moderate  or  rather  short,  slender,  porrect ;  tongue  very 
short,  not  half  thorax ;  front  narrow,  smooth  ;  antennse  of  %  bi- 
pectinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  serrate  or  simple  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled 
above,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  smooth,  tufted  at  end  in  S  ;  legs 
rather  short,  rough  scaled,  hind  tibipe  of  S  without  hair  pencil,  with 
all  spurs ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  in  S  ,  11  or  12  veins,  bent  or 
somewhat  angulate  on  outer  margin  ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6 
and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  outer  margin  wavy  and  quite 
decidedly  projecting  into  rounded  angles  at  veins  3  and  4. 
Species. — 4-  unipunctata  Haw. 
l/4.  subatomaria  Guen. 

35.  PARAFHIA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  271,  1857. 

Type  deplanaria  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  heavily  scaled   below ;    tongue  strong ; 
front  scaled ;  antennae  of   %   with  short  pectinations,  each  pectina- 


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tion  with  fascicle  of  liaii's,  apex  simple ;  thorax  and  abdomen  scaled, 
the  latter  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  of  t  with  hair  pencil,  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  in  (?,  12  or  11  veins,  somewhat 
waved  on  outer  margin  ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  sepa- 
rate, 8  separate  from  cell ;  wing  waved  on  outer  margin  forming 
rounded,  projecting  angles  at  veins  3  and  4. 
Species. — P.  deplanaria  Guen. 

36.  SPODOLEPIS  n.  gen. 
Type  substriafnria  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  heavily  scaled  below  ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  very  broad,  rounded,  smooth  ;  antenuse  of  9  filiform  ; 
thorax  with  long  scales,  with  an  anterior,  dorsal,  dense,  hair  tuft, 
and  the  patagise  running  out  into  long  stemmed  scales  forming  raised 
tufts  on  each  side ;  abdomen  smooth ;  hind  tibiae  of  $  slightly 
swollen,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  decidedly  arched  at 
shoulder,  subfalcate,  angled  at  vein  5,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  and 
11  from  cell,  anastomosing  with  each  other  and  with  9  and  12  ;  hind 
wings  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

I  have  the  9  only.  It  is  peculiar  from  the  dorsal  tufting  and 
tufted  patagise. 

Species. — S.  substriataria  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  substriataria  n.  sp. — Expands  48  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  thorax  dark 
■fuscous,  the  tufts  of  the  latter  white  on  end.  Abdomen  light  fuscous,  with  a  few 
scattered  black  scales:  fore  wings  fuscous,  showiug  a  violet  reflection  in  some 
lights  across  the  middle  field,  with  quite  thickly  scattered,  raised,  black  and  white 
scales ;  a  basal  black  cross-line,  edged  within  with  raised  white  scales,  with  three 
inward  angles  and  three  outward  loops,  the  largest  on  cell :  an  outer  black  line 
edged  outwardly  with  white  scales,  oblique  from  costa  to  vein  6  following  this 
some  distance,  then  at  an  angle  turning  down  to  4  not  far  from  outer  margin, 
then  rounding  back  to  3,  then  with  two  more  sinuses  from  3  to  2  and  2  to  inner 
margin;  a  blackish  cloud  on  basal  middle  field  on  cell,  and  another  below  the 
cell,  a  marginal  line  of  intervenular  black  dashes,  parallel  with  the  veins;  hind 
wings  light  fuscous,  black  peppered,  darker  outwardly;  beneath  dull  sordid  fus- 
cous, the  fore  wings  faintly  showing  the  lines,  the  hind  wings  with  dark  fuscous 
striations. 

One  9  ,  Franconia,  N.  H.,  from  Mrs.  Slosson.  The  insect  has 
somewhat  the  appearance  of  Paraphia. 

37.  STEMOTRACHELYS  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  290,  1857. 

Type  approximaria  Hiib. 

Palpi  rather  long,  porrect,  long  and  loosely  scaled ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  broad,  bulging,  loosely  scaled  ;  autennse  bipectinate 

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348  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

in  %  ,  pectinations  long,  not  reaching  to  apex  ;  thorax  and  abdomen 
loosely  scaled;  thorax  below  woolly;  legs  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  long, 
somewhat  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  and  with  two  pairs  of  spurs 
in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  with  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  10  from  cell,  11 
on  12  and  anastomosing  more  or  less  with  10;  hind  wings  all  veins 
separate ;  the  fore  wings  vary  from  wavy  to  even  margined  ;  the 
hind  wings  are  sinuate  margined,  often  deeply  so. 
Species. — *S^.  approximaria  Hiib. 
S.  permagnaria  Pack. 

:    38.  1.YTROSIS  n.  gen. 
Type  iinitaria  H.-Sch. 

Palpi  rather  long,  erect,  recurved ;  tongue  developed ;  front  smooth  ; 
antennse  of  %  bi pectinate  almost  to  apex,  pectinations  long,  plumose  ; 
thorax  scale  haired  above,  woolly  below  ;  abdomen  smooth ;  hind 
tibise  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  with  hair  pencil  in  S  ; 
fore  wings  wavy  margined,  with  a  broad  blunt  angle  at  4,  with  fovea 
at  base  in  S  ,  12  veins,  10  separate,  11  on  12 ;  hind  wings  unevenly 
wavy  on  outer  margin,  with  fovea  below  at  base  in  9  ,  all  veins 
separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — L.  unifaria  H.-Sch. 

39.  MERIS  n.  gen. 
Type  alficola  Hulst. 

Palpi  quite  short,  slender,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  broad, 
rounded,  smooth  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  both  sexes,  in  9  the  pec- 
tinations short ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  above,  woolly  below  ;  abdomen 
smooth  ;  hind  tibire  not  swollen,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings 
very  slightly  angled  at  4,  12  veins,  10  and  11  anastomosing  with 
each  other,  and  with  9  and  12  ;  hind  wings  rounded,  all  veins  sepa- 
rata, 5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

I  have  the  9  only.     It  separates  by  the  presence  in  that  sex  of 

the  bipectinate  antennae,  and  from  PteroUm  may  be  known  by  the 

12  veined  fore  wings. 

Species. — M.  alticola  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

in.  alticola  n.  sp. — Expands  42  mm.  Palpi  fuscous,  blackish  at  end.  Head 
smoky;  anteunse  black  above,  light  gray  below  and  on  pectinations;  thorax  fus- 
cous gray,  becoming  light  gray  on  patagise  posteriorly.  Abdomen  gray,  with  faint 
blackish  either  side  of  dor.sal  line  ;  fore  wings  light  gray,  thickly  and  quite  evenly 
overlaid  with  dark  faacous  scales  giving  a  squamous  appearance  to  surface;  basal 
line  not  sharply  defined,  broad,  slightly  rounded  outwardly ;  outer  line  faint, 
broad,  illy  defined,  rounded  at  costa,  then  parallel  with  outer  margin  ;  discal  spot 
indistinct,  elongated,  blackish  ;  outer  margin  slightly  angulated  at  5;  hind  wings 


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light  gray,  scarcely  with  blackish  scales  basally,  but  these  increasing  towards 
onter  margin  ;  central  cross-line  very  faint,  most  sharply  defined  by  a  black  dot 
on  inner  margin:  marginal  lines  blackish;  disc^al  spot  faint;  beneath  as  above, 
paler,  markings  faint. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce.     Female  only. 

40.  PTEROT^A  n.  gen. 
Type  cariosa  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rough  scaled ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 
broad,  rounded,  scaled ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  both  sexes,  the  pec- 
tinations in  9  short ;  thorax  rough  scaled ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind 
tibial  swollen  ;  fore  wings  11  veins,  11  wanting;  hind  wings  5  unde- 
veloped, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  fore  wings  even, 
hind  wings  triangular,  waved  on  outer  margin. 

I  have  the  9  only ;  the  %   almost  certainly  has  fovea  below  on 
fore  wings,  and  probably  has  hair  pencil  on  hind  tibiae. 
Species. — P.  cariosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

I».  cariosa  n.  sp.— Expands  38  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  thorax  blackish  gray. 
Abdomen  with  each  segment  dark  fuscous,  becoming  black  posteriorly,  the  ex- 
treme posterior  edge  being  light  gray  ;  fore  wings  gray,  pretty  generally  overlaid 
with  blackish,  the  gray  showing  more  plainly  on  anterior  middle  field  ;  basal  line 
fine,  blackish,  not  very  pronounced,  somewhat  dentate,  generally  rounded,  the 
veins  basally  more  blackish ;  outer  line  fine,  black,  dentate,  subparallel  with 
margin;  a  fine,  evenly  scalloped,  whitish  line  in  submarginal  space;  margin 
scalloped  and  with  a  distinct,  even,  black  marginal  line,  the  black  at  the  points 
extending  out  on  the  veins ;  hind  wings  color  of  fore  wings,  with  the  outer  line 
of  fore  wings  extended  across;  submarginal  white  line  faint;  broken;  margin 
scalloped,  edged  with  a  distinct  black  line;  beneath  light  fuscous,  with  dark  fus- 
cous pepperings,  becoming  entirely  dark  fuscous  on  apical  portion  of  fore  wings. 

Soda  Springs,  Cal.,  August,  from  Dr.  Behreus. 

41.  IXAL.A  n.  gen. 
Type  desperaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  rather  short,  porrect,  rough  scaled  below  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  broad,  rounded,  short  scaled ;  antennte  of  %  bipectinate,  apex 
■  simple,  pectinations  long,  filiform  ;  thorax  smooth,  somewhat  hairy 
below  ;  abdomen  smooth,  slightly  tufted  at  end  ;  legs  long,  slender, 
all  spurs  long  and  slender ;  hind  tibiae  slender,  without  hair  pencil, 
with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  in  %  ,  rather  broad, 
even,  round*ed,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  with 
subcostal  fovea  below  at  base,  and  with  fold  beneath  on  inner  margin 
with  fringe  of  hairs  within,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  sepa- 
rate from  cell. 

Species. — I.  desjyeraria  Hulst. 

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42.  SPODOPTERA  n.  gen. 
Type  opiiscularia  Hiilst. 

Palpi  moderate,  rather  heavy,  porrect,  loosely  scaled ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  broad,  some  rounded,  with  a  short  hair  tuft  below  ; 
antennie  bipectinated  in  %  ,  apex  simple,  bases  close  together ;  sum- 
mit with  scale  tuft ;  thorax  loosely  scaled ;  abdomen  smooth,  with 
large,  lateral,  broad,  hair  tuft  from  posterior  part  of  third  segment ; 
thorax  woolly  hairy  below ;  legs  smooth,  hind  tibiie  scarcely  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore 
wings  broad,  even,  rounded,  triangular,  without  fovea  at  base  in  %  , 
12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell  ;  hind  wings  broad,  rounded,  with  a 
fovea  at  base  in  %  at  vein  8  below,  and  along  inner  margin  beneath 
a  broad,  closely  fitting  fold,  extending  nearly  the  whole  margin  and 
nearly  covering  the  cell,  filled  within  with  a  mass  of  long  yellowish 
woolly  hairs ;  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — P.  opuscularia  Hulst. 

43.  SOMATOL.OPHIA  n.  gen. 
Type  umbripennis  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending,  rather  stout,  loosely  scaled ;  tongue 
developed ;  front  rounded,  broad,  loosely  haired  ;  antennae  bipecti- 
nate  in  %  ,  pectinations  long ;  summit  with  loose,  overhanging  scale 
tuft ;  thorax  clothed  with  long  hairs,  long  woolly  beneath ;  abdomen 
coarsely  haired  and  scaled  with  dense  dorsal  tuft  of  hairs  on  first 
and  third  segments ;  legs  smooth,  hind  tibiae  in  %  slightly  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil,  rather  heavy,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs,  the  upper 
distant  from  the  end  ;  fore  wings  even,  a  small  faint  fovea  in  %  at 
base,  12  veins,  lb  very  strongly  furcate  at  base,  10  on  11,  scarcely 
anastomosing  with  9,  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  broad,  even,  all  veins 
separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — S.  umbripennis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  umbripenniiS  n.  sp. — Expands  48  mm.  Palpi,  head,  thorax  and  abdo- 
men dull  fuscous,  the  tuft  on  first  segment  of  abdomen  black  ;  all  wings  dark 
fuscous,  somewhat  darker  without  basal  line,  within  outer  line,  and  in  a  row  of 
clouded  spots  at  middle  of  outer  line;  basal  line  faint,  dentate  and  irregular; 
outer  line  two-thirds  out,  parallel  with  outer  margin,  evenly  scalloped,  between 
each  vein,  a  slight  whiteness  within  each  dentation,  the  round  of  the  scallops 
being  outward  ;  hind  wings  with  a  corresponding  line  and  with  a  shading  of  a 
row  of  spots  across  middle  of  outer  field. 

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44.  TORNOS  MoiT. 
Proc.  Bost.  Soc.  Nat.  Hist,  xvii,  217.  1875. 

Type  scolopncinarms  Guen. 

Palpi  rather  long,  heavy,  porrect,  loose  scaled ;  tongue  weak, 
rather  short ;  front  scaled,  slightly  tufted ;  antennse  bipectinate  in 
%  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  stout,  smooth  ;  legs  smooth,  short,  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil  in  %  ;  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  narrow,  extended,  even,  with  discal  tuft  of  raised  scales, 
without  basal  fovea  in  S  ,  but  with  vein  lb  strongly  curved  up  ba- 
sally,  11  veins,  perhaps  sometimes  12  ;  when  11  are  present  10  want- 
ing, 11  from  cell;  hind  wings  6  and  7  near  together;  outer  margin 
rounded  or  sinuate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Under  Lepiodes  Guenee  described  two  species :  infectaria,  from 
S.  Africa,  and  scolopaciuaria.  The  two  species  are  not  congeneric ; 
infectaria  being  more  emphasized  by  being  described  first,  and  also 
figured,  is  rightly  the  type  of  Guenee's  genus.  I  therefore  apply 
Mr.  Morrison's  generic  name  to  our  species. 

Species. —  T.  scolopacinarius  Guen.  (rubiginosus  3Iorr.) 
T.  abjectarius  Hulst. 

45.  EXEIilS  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  323,  1857. 

Type  pyrolaria  Guen. 
Patridiva  Walk.,  C.  B.  M.  Part  26.  1688,  1862.  type  pyrolaria  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect  or  subascendiug,  stout,  loosely  scaled ; 
tongue  weak,  slender,  short ;  front  loose  scaled,  tufted  ;  antennse  bi- 
pectinate in  both  sexes,  apex  simple,  pectinations  long  and  heavy  in 
%  ,  moderate  in  9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth ;  legs  smooth, 
short,  stout ;  hind  tibiae  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  11 
veins,  10  wanting,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  all  veins  separate,  5 
undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. — E.  pyrolaria  Guen.  (approximaria  Pack.) 

46.  SYNOI.OCHIS  n.  gen. 
Type  perumbraria  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  rather  heavy,  loosely  scaled  ;  tongue  very  short  and 
weak ;  front  tubercled,  consisting  of  an  external  round  ridge,  hol- 
lowed within,  rising  at  the  center  into  a  prominent  truncated  cone, 
reaching  very  much  beyond  the  ridge ;  antennse  bipectinate  in  S  , 
filiform  in   9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  legs  smooth,  fore  tibise 

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352  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

with  a  rather  long  slender  chiw  or  spine  at  end ;  hind  tibiae  some- 
what swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  end  spurs  only ;  fore 
wings  narrow,  extended,  without  basal  fovea  in  ■?.  ,  11  veins,  10 
wanting,  11  from  cell,  cell  long  ;  hind  wings  rounded,  sinused  in  on 
outer  margin  before  anal  angle,  all  veins  separate,  8  close  to  cell 
nearly  its  whole  length,  5  undeveloped. 

Species. — S.  perumbraria  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  perumbraria  n.  sp. — Expands  18-25  mm.  Palpi  and  front  blackish  ; 
thorax  dark  fuscous.  Abdomen  blackish  or  fuscous ;  fore  wings  with  the  dark 
gray  color  of  the  Tornos  group,  consisting  of  dark  fuscous  scales  laid  upon  a  lighter 
base:  cross-lines  faint,  blackish,  the  basal  strongly  bent  out  below  cell,  the  outer 
sinused  out  beyond  cell,  and  in  at  vein  2  ;  marginal  line  black ;  hind  wings  some- 
what lighter  than  fore  wings,  slightly  hollowed  out  before  inner  angle ;  beneath 
slightly  lighter  than  above,  without  lines. 

S.  California,  from  Hy.  Edwards  and  Prof.  Riley.  Very  much 
like  some  kindred  species  in  appearance,  and  determined  best  by  the 
generic  structure. 

47.  GI.AUCINA  n.  gen. 
Type  escaria  Grt. 

Palpi  short,  heavy,  loose  scaled ;  tongue  developed,  quite  strong ; 
front  tubercled  as  in  Synglochis,  but  the  central  cone  much  shorter, 
hardly  exceeding  outer  rim ;  antennse  bipectinate  in  %  ,  dentate  in 
9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  fore  tibiae  with  a  fine  slender  spine 
at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  rather 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil ;  fore  wings  narrow,  extended,  cell  long, 
11  veins,  10  wanting;  hind  wings  sinused  in  before  anal  angle,  ex- 
tended, rounded,  all  veins  separate,  8  close  to  cell  nearly  its  whole 
length,  5  undeveloped. 

Species. —  G.  pygmeolaria  Grt. 
G.  escaria  Grt, 
G.  incopriaria  Hulst. 

Tornos  candidarius  Hulst,  Ent.  Amer.  ii,  192,  is  a  Noctuid,  the 
narrow  wings,  tubercled  clypeus  and  spined  fore  tibiae,  leading  to  the 
error. 

48.  HOLOCHROA  u.  gen. 
Type  dissociaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  rather  heavy  ;  tongue  apparently  obsolete ;  front 
broad,  smooth  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  ,  extreme  apex  simple ; 
thorax  above  long  loose  scaled,  below  densely  hairy  ;  abdomen 
smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  with  end  pair  of  spurs  only,  not  swollen,  without 


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hair  pencil ;  fore  wings  without  basal  fovea  in   S  ,  12  veins,  5  very 
weak,  10  on   11,  scarcely  anastomosing  with  9,    11   from  cell;   hind 
wings  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — H.  dissociaria  Hulst. 

49.  COEXOCHARIS  n.  gen. 
Type  inter raptaria  Grt. 
Palpi  short,  rather  stout,  loosely  scaled ;  tongue  well  developed  ; 
front  tubercled  as  in  Sijiiglochii^,  but  the  central  portion  evenly 
rounded  or  roughened  and  fiat;  antennte  bipectinate  in  %  ,  dentate 
in  9  ;  thorax  and  al)domen  smooth  ;  fore  tibise  unarmed,  hind  tibise 
scarcely  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  and  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in 
both  sexes ;  fore  wings  extended,  1 1  veins,  10  wanting,  1 1  from  cell ; 
hind  wings  extended,  with  a  considerable  sinus  on  outer  margin  just 
before  anal  angle,  6  and  7  short  stemmed,  5  undveloped,  8  separate 
from  cell. 

Species: — 
C.  eapitheciaria  Grt.  C.  interraptaria  Grt. 

C.  elongata  Hulst,  n.  sp.  C.  ochrofascaria  Grt. 

C  elongata  n.  sp. — Expands  25  mni.  Midway  in  size  between  C.  eupithe- 
ciaria  Grt.  and  C.  interruptaria  Grt.,  and  of  the  same  general  color;  lines  on  fore 
wings  distinct,  as  in  C.  interruptdria.  but  widely  separate,  both  scalloped  between 
the  veins,  the  outer  one  continued  faintly  on  hind  wings;  discal  spots  distinct 
black. 

Texas,  Arizona. 

50.  COXIODES  n.  gen. 
TyY>G  pluinigeraria  Hulst. 

Palpi  short,  scarcely  hairy ;  clypeus  broad,  flattened,  somewhat 
long  haired  ;  antennae  of  S  very  lengthily  and  plumosely  bipectinate 
to  apex  ;  tongue  obsolete ;  thorax  and  abdomen  slender,  the  thorax 
woolly  hairy  below,  rather  long  loose  hairy  above,  the  abdomen  hot 
tufted ;  legs  slender,  femora  glaucous,  hind  tibiae  with  two  pairs  of 
spurs,  without  hair  pencil;  fore  wings  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  0 
short  stemmed  with  7,  without  fovea  at  base ;  hind  wings  3  and  4 
separate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate,  approximating 
cell  to  beyond  middle. 

The  antenme  of  the  %   in  this  genus  are  more  lengthily  plumose 
than  in  any  other  American  Geometer ;  vein  5  of  the  fore  wings  is 
also  weak,  amounting  to  scarcely  moi'e  than  a  fold. 
Species. — P.  plumigeraria  Hulst. 

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354  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

51.  AETHAL.ODES  n.  gen. 
Type  packardaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  rather  short,  slender,  smooth  ;  tongue  obsolete ;  front  smooth  ; 
antenute  of  %  bipectinate  to  apex,  pectinations  long,  plumose ;  tho- 
rax and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  not  swollen,  without  hair  pen- 
cil, with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  broad,  even, 
without  fovea  at  base  in  ?>  ,  12  veins,  10  on  11,  11  from  cell ;  hind 
wings  broad,  outer  margin  sinuate  with  dull  angle  at  end  of  veins, 
all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — A.  packardaria  Hulst. 

52.  CHESIADODES  n.  gen. 
Type  morosata  Hulst. 

Palpi  very  small,  slender ;  tongue  obsolete  ;  front  very  protruding, 
rounded,  close  scaled  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  apex  simple  ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  smooth  ;  bind  tibiae  slender,  without  hair  pencil,  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  even,  rounded  at  both 
angles,  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  1 1  veins,  10  wanting,  1 1  from 
cell ;  hind  wings  long,  even,  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8 
separate  from  cell. 

Close  to  Aet/udodes  Hulst,  differing  in  the  strongly  bulging  clypeus 
and  simple  apex  of  antennae. 

Species. —  C.  morosata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

C  morosata  n.  sp. — Expands  42  mm.  Palpi  and  front  blackish  ;  thorax 
blackish  gray.  Abdomen  blackish  gray,  becoming  black  posteriorly  on  each  seg- 
ment; fore  wings  blackish  gray,  with  three  slightly  rounded  blackish  lines  sub- 
parallel  with  outer  mai'gin,  and  with  nearly  the  same  distance  between  the  basal 
and  middle  as  between  the  middle  and  outer;  the  outer  line  a  little  emphasized 
on  the  veins;  an  even,  submarginal  whitish  line  beginning  at  a  triangular  apical 
whitish  spot,  and  running  slightly  outwardly  from  margin  ;  hind  wings  light 
grayish  fuscous,  darker  along  inner. margin  and  outwardly  with  faint  outer  line  ; 
discal  spots  present,  indistinct;  beneath  fore  wings  light  gray,  hind  wings  fuscous 
gray. 

Sierra  Nevada,  Cal.,  from  Henry  Edwards. 

53.  SEIilDOSElflA  Hiib. 

Verz.  299.  1818. 

Type  ericetaria  Vills. 
Adadylotis  Hiib.,  Verz.  303,  1818,  type  gesticidata  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate  or  quite  long,  porrect,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  scaled,  sometimes  somewhat  tufted  ;   antennae  of  S 
bipectinate,  apex   simple,  the  pectinations  filiform,  long,  generally 


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suddenly  shortening  to  simple  apex,  the  antennae  generally  plumose, 
of  9  filiform  or  serrate ;  thorax  scaled,  sometimes  tufted  posteriorly, 
somewhat  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled  ;  hind  tibiae  often  swollen, 
with  all  spurs,  without  hair  pencil  in  I  ;  fore  wings  12  or  11  veins, 
varying  in  the  same  species,  even,  with  fovea  below  in  %  ;  hind 
wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  the 
wings  rounded,  even,  or  slightly  wavy. 
Species : — 

_S.  muricolor  Hulst,  n.  sp.  S.  puhnonarmm  Grt. 

I  S.  correllatiun  Hulst,  u.  sp.  S.  humarium  Guen. 

S.  wruj hilar iam  Hulst.  S.  umbrosarium  Guen. 

S.  fuligmarium  Hulst.  S.  albescens  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  muri<iolor  n.  sp.  -Expands  34-36  mm. — Palpi,  front  and  antennae  dark 
sordid  fuscous;  summit,  thorax  and  abdomen  light  gray;  all  wings  very  smooth, 
even  fuscous,  or  fuscous  gray,  without  lines  or  spots ;  fore  wings  with  costa  and 
apical  space,  hind  wings  with  outer  space  and  inner  margin  slightly  darker ; 
margins  with  fine,  intervenular,  black  dots;  hind  wings  somewhat  rounded  out 
at  vein  4  ;  beneath  almost  exactly  as  above. 

Hazleton,  Pa.,  from  Dr.  Dietz.  Very  much  in  color  like  Dias- 
tictis  incepfata  Walk.  ( argil lacearia  Pack.),  differing  by  the  less 
rounded  fore  wings,  the  obtusely  angled  hind  wings  and  the  plumose 
antennae. 

S.  correllatum  n.  sp. — Expands  28-30  mm.  Palpi  and  front  fuscous  to  dark 
fuscous;  thorax  fuscous  gray  to  whitish  fuscous.  Abdomen  whitish  or  grayish 
fuscous ;  fore  wings  white,  or  light  bluish  gray,  somewhat  scattered  over  with 
darker  scales;  basal  line  black,  geminate,  often  indistinct,  especially  on  cell; 
middle  line  indistinct,  or  a  faint  fuscous  shading;  outer  line  black,  curved,  gemi- 
nate, more  widely  separate  subcostally,  with  a  reddish  included  shading  on  third 
quarter  from  costa.  Wings  slightly  falcate  :  marginal  line  broken,  black,  heavier 
subapically  ;  hind  wings  whitish  or  light  gray,  more  fuscous  along  inner  margin  ; 
all  wings  with  distinct  black  discal  spots;  beneath  light  gray,  heavily  powdered 
with  fuscous,  discal  spots  distinct,  diffuse,  black. 

Colorado,  California,  Oregon  ;  the  Oregon  specimen  taken  August 
24th. 

S,  albescens  n.  sp. — Expands  42  mm.  Palpi  blackish ;  front  blackish,  with 
a  line  of  white  along  summit;  rough,  somewhat  overhanging  .scales  between  an- 
tennae, whitish  on  edge,  blackish  in  middle;  collar  light  gray,  blackish  behind; 
thorax  whitish  gray,  with  low  posterior  tufts.  Abdomen  whitish  gray,  with 
black  speckles  above,  fuscous  stained  towards  end.  Wings  even,  clear  whitish 
gray,  with  a  few  black  scales ;  fore  wings  with  black  basal  line,  bent,  rounded 
out  most  strongly  on  costal  half;  middle  line  at  discal  point,  black  and  distinct 
at  costa,  showing  in  black  spots  across  wing  parallel  with  basal  line ;  outer  line 
black,  running  very  much  as  in  larvaria ;  a  row  of  marginal  black  spots;  hind 

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356  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

wings  basal  line  lost;  mifldle  line  showing  only  in  a  black  spot  on  inner  margin  ! 
outer  line  black,  a  little  dentate  outwardly  on  veins,  slightly  angled  at  6;  margin 
wavy;  a  black  marginal  line;  discal  spot  oval,  annulate,  black,  quite  distinct; 
beneath  even  light  fuscous  on  all  wings. 

Seattle,  Wash.,  from  Mr.  Bolter.  The  insect  has  much  the  ap- 
pearance of  Edropis  grlsearia  Grt. 

54.  HERICISCA  n.  gen. 
Type  gracea  Hulst. 
Palpi  short,  porrect ;   front  smooth  ;    antennje  of   S    bipectinate, 
apex  simple,  pectinations  claviform  ;  antennse  of   9   filiform  ;  thorax 
scaled,  somewhat  tufted  posteriorly  ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs  ;  wings  broad,  rounded 
slightly  wavy  margined  outwardly  ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below 
in   S  ,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  5  not  developed,  8 
separate  from  cell. 

Species. y-3/.  gracea  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

M.  gracea  n.  sp. — Expands  38-42  mm.  Palpi  short,  light  gray,  with  blackish 
intermixed,  black  at  tips;  front  black  on  central  perpendicular  line,  dark  fuscous 
laterally,  crown  dark  gray;  thorax  blackish  dorsally  at  center,  dark  gray  on  pa- 
tagite  and  around  upper  edges.  Abdomen,  first  segment  black  in  front,  white 
behind,  the  rest  dark  fuscous,  becoming  blackish  dorsally,  more  so  on  second  and 
third  segments;  fore  wings  light  gray,  striated  with  black;  basal  line  fine,  black, 
angulated  outwardly  at  cell  and  vein  1 ;  outer  line  heavier,  distinct,  black,  three- 
fifths  out  on  costa  straight  to  vein  5,  then  turning  at  a  right  angle  inwardly  nearly 
to  cell,  then  at  a  little  more  than  a  right  angle  to  between  2  and  3,  then  rounding 
to  inner  margin,  reaching  it  a  little  within  the  middle  ;  a  blackish  cloud  or  band 
across  middle  field,  darkest  within,  forming  towards  and  at  inner  margin  a  broad 
band  with  the  outer  cross-line ;  a  black  spot  near  costa  within  apex,  and  a  broad, 
ceijtral,  submarginal  cloud  reaching  to  outer  line ;  on  the  basal  field,  central,  is  a 
cloud  of  reddish  brown,  and  a  broad  band  of  the  same  color  across  the  whole 
wing  exterior  to  outer  line  ;  a  row  of  marginal  black  spots;  hind  wings  in  general 
like  the  fore  wings,  lacking  the  basal  line  and  reddish  shade,  but  with  outer  line 
beyond  middle  distinct,  rounding  outwardly  from  anterior  margin  to  vein  2,  then 
turning  to  near  middle  of  inner  margin  ,  a  broad  blackish  central  band  less 
■marked  anteriorly,  and  an  outer  reddish  brown  band  beyond  cross-line,  this  also 
obsolete  at  anterior  margin;  marginal  line  black,  distinct;  outer  edge  of  both 
wings  sopiewhat  scalloped,  the  hind  ones  more  decidedly;  beneath  fuscous, 
smooth,  the  black  parts  above  reflecting  through. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce. 

55.  CliEORA  Curt. 
Brit.  Ent.  ii.  pi.  8S,  1825. 

Type  cinctaria  Schif. 

Boarmia  Treits.  Schm.  Eur.  vi,  1,  187,  1827,  type  cindnria  Schiflf". 

Palpi    moderate   or  quite   long,  porrect   or  subascending,  rough 

scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  scaled,  sometimes  tufted  ;  antennte 


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of  I   bipectinate,  apex  simple,  the  pectinations  filiform,  long,  sud- 
denly shortening  to  simple  apex,  the  antennse  generally  plumose,  of 

9  filiform  or  serrate ;  thorax  scaled,  sometimes  tufted  posteriorly, 
somewhat  hairy  beneath  ;  abdomen  scaled  ;  hind  tibiae  swollen,  with 
all  spurs,  with  hair  pencil  in  S  ;  fore  wings  even,  12  or  11  veins, 
varying  in  the  same  species,  with  fovea  below  in  I  ;  hind  wings  5 
undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  the  wings 
rounded,  even,  or  slightly  wavy. 
Species : — 

C.  farfunita  Hulst.  C.  indimtaria  Walk. 

rC.'dataria  Grt.   .  ^O^gawyimana-Giieu. 

C.  opacaria  Hulst.  /  OJormosata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

C.  lixaria  Grt.  C.  vellivolata  Hulst. 

C.  cribraria  Guen.  /C.  larvariaGuen. 

C.  forinosata  n.  sp.— Expands  35  mm.  Close  to  C.  indicafaria  Walk,  {poly 
grammaria  Pack.) ;  the  color  is  lifcht  gray,  overlaid  with  fuscous  lines,  black,  dis- 
tinct; the  outer  is  evenly  and  regularly  bent  twice,  followed  by  a  distinct  brown 
baud  ;  the  submarginal  line  is  distinct  white,  the  marginal  line  black,  edged  at 
base  of  fringe  with  white,  hind  wings  with  three  dark  shade  lines,  wavy,  parallel 
with  each  other  and  the  outer  margin,  all  extra-discal ;  beneath  light  fuscous, 
evenly  peppered  with  dark  fuscous  scales,  lighter  on  the  veins  on  fore  wings. 

Colorado,  Mr.  Bruce.  A  more  than  ordinarily  showy  insect  of 
its  class,  the  colors  more  vivid,  and  especially  distinct  by  the  brown 
cross  band. 

56.  ]»IEL,A]VOL,OPHIA  n.  gen. 
Type  canadaria  Guen.  {Tephrosia). 

Palpi  short,  stout,  porrect,  heavily  scaled;  tongue  developed; 
front  loose  scaled,  somewhat  tufted  below  ;  antennre  bipectinate  in  I  , 
apex  simple,  pectinations  moderate ;  summit  with  slight  scale  tuft ; 
thorax  loosely  scaled  above,  woolly  haired  below ;  abdomen  coarsely 
.  scaled  and  haired  with  lateral  tuft  of  hairs  on  third  segment ;  legs 
smooth,  hind  tibire  in  %  swollen,  with  a  dense  pencil  of  fine  hairs ; 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  even,  without  fovea  at 
base  in  S  ,  12  or  11  veins,  10  and  11  stemmed  from  cell;  hind  wings 
all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Dr.  Packard  figures  canadaria  with   11  veins  in  fore  wings;  this 
may  happen,  though  I  have  seen   no  example.     In  that  case   11  is 
wanting,  having  become  coincident  with  10. 
Species. — M.  canadaria  Gn. 

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358  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

57.  AETHAI>OPTERA  n.  gen. 
Type  intexf.af.a  Walk. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rather  slender;  tongue  developed;  front 
smooth  ;  antennae  of  S  filiform,  with  two  pairs  of  fascicles  of  hairs 
on  each  segment ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth,  the  latter  tufted  at 
end  ;  hind  tibise  of  S  with  hair  pencil,  swollen  and  with  all  spurs 
in  both  sexes;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  at  base  in  both  sexes,  11 
veins  in  all  specimens  examined,  11  wanting  10  from  cell;  hind 
wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  all 
wings  broad,  even,  rounded. 

Differs  from  Ectropis,  especially  in  the  hair  pencil  of  the  hind 
tibise  of  the  Z  . 

Species. —  C.  intextata  Walk,  (anticaria  Walk.) 

58.  GLENA  n.  gen. 
Type  cognataria  Hiib. 
Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  rough  scaled ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
smooth ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  sharply  ser- 
rate; thorax  smooth  above,  slightly  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  smooth; 
hind  tibise  of  %  swollen,  with  hair  pencil ;  fore  wings  with  fovea 
below  in  both  sexes,  that  of  Z  being  large  and  prominent,  1 1  veins 
in  all  specimens  examined,  11  obsolete,  10  from  cell,  hind  wings  5 
undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

To  be  recognized  more  especially  by  the  fovea  of  the  fore  wings 
of  the   9 ,  in  which  it  agrees  with  Aethaloptera,  but  differs  in  the 
bipectinate  antennae  of  the  %  . 
Species. —  G.  cognataria  Hiib, 

G.  minimaria  Guen.  (texanaria  Hulst). 

59.  ECTROPIS  Hiib. 

Verz.  316,  1818. 

Type  crepuscularia  Bork. 

Tephrosia  Bois.,  Index  Meth.  198,  1840.  type  crepuxcularia  Bork. 

Palpi  moderate,  rather  light,  porrect ;  tongue  developed ;  front 
quadrate,  scaled  ;  antennae  of  Z  filiform,  with  two  pairs  of  fascicles 
of  hairs  on  each  segment;  hind  tibiae  somewhat  swollen,  without 
hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  thorax  and  abdomen  scaled ;  fore  wings 
with  fovea  below  in  S  ,  12  or  11  veins;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped, 
6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  all  wings  even,  rounded, 
broad. 

Species. — E.  crepuscularia  Schif, 
E.  grisearia  Grt. 


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60.  EPIMECIS  Hub. 
Verz.  315,  1818. 

Type  hortaria  Fab. 
Bronchelia  Guen.,  Phal.  i,  287,  1857,  type  hortaria  Fab. 

Palpi  rather  short,  stout,  rough  scaled;  tongue  strong;  front 
scaled,  slightly  tufted;  antennse  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple, 
bristled,  and  slightly  fascicled,  of  9  filiform  with  two  long  bristles 
at  summit  of  each  segment ;  thorax  scaled,  untufted,  hairy  below  ; 
abdomen  scaled ;  hind  tibiae  slightly  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in 
%  ,  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below  in  I  ,  12  veins,  10 
and  11  from  cell,  separate  from  each  other  and  12;  hind  wings  5 
undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell  and  running 
parallel  with  it  much  more  shortly  than  usual,  not  more  than  one- 
third  its  length ;  all  wings  broad,  rounded,  the  hind  wing=  deeply 
scalloped. 

Very  close  to  Selidosema,  and  scarcely  to  be  separated  from  it. 

^ppnjps  — ^  hnrtnTm  Fab,  is  probably  Geometra  virginiaria  Cram. 


61.  EYCIA  Hiib. 
Verz.  319.  1818. 

Type  hirtarius  Clerck. 

Amphidasis  Treit.  Sch.  Eur.  vi.  1,  229,  1827,  type  betularius  L. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short,  long  rough  scaled ;  tongue  obsolete,  or 
very  short ;  front  densely  haired,  or  long  scaled  ;  antennae  of  I  bi- 
pectinate, apex  simple ;  thorax  densely  haired  above  and  below,  with 
slight  anterior  and  posterior  tufts  ;  abdomen  densely  hairy,  without 
tuftiugs  ;  femora,  tibiae,  sometimes  tarsi,  long  haired  ;  hind  tibiae  with 
upper  spurs  generally  obsolete,  rarely  very  small ;  fore  wings  without 
fovea  at  base  in  I  ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Differs  from  Biston  Leach,  of  which  stratiarius  Hufn.  is  type,  and 
of  which  Eubyja  Hub.  is  a  synonym  in  the  simple  apex  of  antenna? 
of   S  . 

Species. — L.  ursaria  Pacjc. 
L.  virginaria  Grt. 
L.  cognataria  Guen. 

62.  PH.EOURA  n.  gen. 

Type  mexicaaaria  Grt. 

Palpi    moderate,   slender,    long    haired ;    tongue   obsolete ;    front 

densely  long  haired ;  antennae  of   I   bipectinate  to  apex,  of   9   with 

short  pectinations,  apex  simple ;  thorax  densely  long  scaled  above, 

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360  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

densely  hairy  below ;  abdomen  rough  scaled,  with  a  tuft  or  pencil 
of  hairs  dorsally  on  each  segment ;  legs  somewhat  long  haired,  hind 
tibise  of  %  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  one  pair  of  spurs 
in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below  at  base  in  S  ,  gener- 
ally 1 1  veins ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Differs  from  other  allied  genera  especially  in  the  bipectinate  an- 
tennae of   $  . 

Species. — P.  mexicanaria  Grt. 

P.  cristifera  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

P.  cristifera  u.  sp.— Expands  44  rum.  Palpi  dark  fuscous,  black  at  end  ; 
front  smoky  black ;  summit  dark  fuscous ;  tboras  dark  fuscous  gray,  blackish 
posteriorly.  Abdomen  dark  fuscous,  first  two  segments  lined  posteriorly  with 
black,  posterior  segments  with  black  much  intermixed.  Wings  dark  fuscous, 
these  with  thorax  and  abdomen  washed  with  a  soft  violet-brown  tint ;  lines  after 
the  cognataria  pattern,  on  fore  wings  both  heavy,  distinct,  black;  basal  beginning 
one-third  out,  evenly  curving  around  to  inner  margin  and  reaching  nearly  to 
base ;  outer  with  broad,  obtuse,  prominent  angle  at  vein  4,  thus  lower  than  in 
cognataria,  whic^  is  at  vein  5 ;  hind  wings  outer  line  at  middle,  black,  strong, 
distinct,  even,  very  slightly  wavy,  without  angle ;  inner  line  close  by,  subparallel, 
somewhat  closer  posteriorly,  fainter ;  discal  spot  of  fore  wings  an  oval  cloud,  not 
distinct;  beneath  as  above,  with  much  less  emphasis,  the  violet  tint,  however, 
stronger  in  certain  shades.     Legs  blackish  and  fuscous. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce. 

63.  NACOPHORA  n.  gen. 
Type  quernaria  A.  and  S. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  with  long  hairs;  clypeus  flattened,  densely 
long  haired  ;  tongue  absent,  or  very  short ;  antennae  strongly  bipec- 
tinate in  S  ,  apex  simple ;  thorax  and  abdomen  stout,  heavy,  thorax 
long  woolly  haired  below,  heavy  haired  above ;  abdomen  slightly 
tufted  dorsally  on  each  segment ;  legs,  with  femora,  woolly ;  hind 
tibise  with  one  pair  of  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veined,  3  and  4  separate, 
6  stemmed  with  7,  with  fovea  at  base ;  hind  wings  3  and  4  separate, 
5  obsolete,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate,  approximating  cell  for  one- 
half  its  length. 
Species: — 
N.  minima  Hulst,  n.  sp.  N.  quernaria  Ab.  Sm. 

N.  carlotta  Hulst,  n.  sp.  N.  cupiddria  Grt. 

N.  phigaliarla  Guen. 

Bf .  minima  n.  sp. — Expands  32-33  mm.  Palpi,  front  and  thorax  with  black 
and  light  gray  scales  intermixed,  giving  a  dark  gray  color ;  thorax  with  two  pos- 
terior subdorsal  tufts  of  long  scales,  these  black  at  the  end.     Abdomen  grayish 


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fuscous,  the  segments  interlined  with  lighter  fuscous,  the  segmental  dorsal  tufts 
distinct,  prominent,  black  on  end ;  fore  wings  light  gray,  finely  spattered  over 
with  black,  giving  a  uniform,  granulated,  blackish  gray  color,  the  veins  a  little 
darkened  :  a  basal,  black,  distinct  cross-line,  straight,  except  with  a  clean  cut 
angle  outwards  from  submedian  to  la  :  an  outer  corresponding  line,  running  from 
costa  towards  middle  of  outer  margin  till  it  reaches  vein  5,  then  returning  to 
cell  at  posterior  angle,  then  with  some  waviness  to  inner  margin  ;  a  marginal 
black  line ;  discal  spots  indistinct,  large  ;  hind  wings  light  gray  at  base,  growing 
to  blackish  gray  outwardly,  with  marginal  black  line  and  faint  discal  spots  ;  be- 
neath gray,  theouter  cross-line  distinctly  showing  on  all  wings,  even  and  rounded. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce.     I  have  females  only,  but  they  are  in 
good  condition. 

N.  carlotta  n.  sp.— Expands  42  mm.  Thorax  below,  palpi,  head  and  an- 
teunie  dull  fuscous  ;  the  palpi  black  at  end  and  front,  blackish  at  middle  ;  collar 
same  color ;  thorax  above  dull  fuscous,  with  a  grayish  tint.  Abdomen  fuscous 
gray,  the  segments  with  a  shade  of  ocher  brown  anteriorly,  each  segment  with  a 
black  spot  on  either  side  of  dorsal  line  posteriorly,  except  on  second  segment, 
where  the  black  reaches  across  the  segment ;  fore  wings  fuscous,  with  blackish 
scales  intermixed  on  basal  field,  light  gray  on  middle  field,  blackish  fuscous  in  a 
broad  band  beyond  outer  line,  and  gray  submarginally ;  basal  line  black,  indis- 
tinct near  costa,  beginning  one-third  out.  rounded,  some  sinuate,  rounding  from 
sulxliscal  nearly  to  base  on  inner  margin  ;  outer  line  distinct,  parallel  with  outer 
margin  to  4,  rounding  inwardly  to  cell,  then  continuing  its  curve  striking  inner 
margin  two-thirds  out;  a  central  broad  stripe  covering  discal  spot,  straight  from 
costa  till  it  nearly  meets  the  outer  line,  then  subparallel  and  partly  coalescing  with 
it;  hind  wings  light  gray,  a  middle  band  faintly  indicated,  becoming  evident  at 
middle  of  inner  margin;  a  distinct  outer  black  line,  sinuate  across  wing;  discal 
spot  black,  distinct;  outer  field  somewhat  darker;  beneath  fuscous,  the  lines 
clearly  evident,  discal  spot  quite  distinct. 

Charlotte  Harbor,  Florida,  from  Mrs.  Slosson. 

64.   APOCHEIMA   Hiib. 
Verz.  319.  1818. 

Type  hispidaria  Fab. 

Ithusia  Hub.,  Verz.  319.  1818,  type  zonaria  SchiflF. 
Nyssia  Dup..  Hist.  Nat.  vii.  283,  1829,  type  zonaria  SchiflT. 

Palpi  short,  porrect,  long  haired ;  tongue  obsolete  ;  front  densely 
long  haired ;  antennse  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  filiform  ; 
thorax  densely  long  haired  above  and  below,  somewhat  tufted  ;  ab- 
domen densely  long  hairy ;  legs  long,  haired  on  femora  and  tibiae ; 
hind  tibiie  of  I  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  in  both  sexes  with 
one  pair  of  spurs;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  12  or  11  veins; 
hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate  or  stemmed,  8  separate 
from  cell ;  head  retracted,  suiall  ;  female  with  wings  rudimentary, 
or  very  little  developed. 

Species. — A.  rachelce  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

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362  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

A.  ractielae  n.  sp. — Expands  33  mm.  Palpi  and  thorax  clothed  with  long 
woolly  hairs,  black  at  base,  light  gray  towards  end,  giving  these  parts  a  gray  ap- 
pearance ;  this  gray  color  is  stronger  on  the  patagise  posteriorly,  at  the  extremity 
of  the  abdomen,  and  on  its  sides  ;  summit  of  head  rust-brown,  as  is  the  thorax 
posteriorly  at  dorsum  ;  also  a  rust-brown  tuft  dorsally  on  the  first  iive  segments 
of  the  abdomen  ;  antennae  black.  Wings  semi-diaphanous,  smoky  gray,  loosely 
and  scantily  covered  with  smoky  gray  scales  and  hairs;  costa  narrowly  rust- 
brown  half  way  out  from  base  ;  veins  lined  with  black,  an  extra  black  line  show- 
ing on  the  fold  of  la;  a  somewhat  faint,  yet  distinct  basal  cross  line,  and  another 
beyond  cell  parallel  with  outer  margin;  the  outer  margin  of  the  cell  is  darker, 
thus  with  the  cross-line  inclosing  a  triangular  costal  space ;  hind  wings  with  a 
corresponding  cross-line  at  middle;  beneath  much  as  above,  but  fainter. 

This  insect  is  very  much  in  appearance  like  A.  lapponaria  Bois. 
of  Europe.  Mr,  Bruce  tells  me  that  in  England  he  used  to  take 
A.  zonaria  along  salt  marshes.  A.  rachelce  he  found  in  grass  about 
some  salt  springs  in  Colorado.  It  is  a  beautiful  insect,  the  first  of 
its  group  discovered  in  America,  and  I  take  pleasure  in  naming  it 
after  the  wife  of  its  discoverer. 

65.  RHAPHIDODEIVIAS  n.  gen. 
Type  titea  Cram. 

Palpi  short,  loosely  scaled,  not  heavy ;  tongue  developed,  but  not 
strong ;  front  loosely  haired  ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate  almost  to 
apex,  of  9  filiform  ;  thorax  heavy  scaled,  tufted  anteriorly  and 
posteriorly,  hairy  below ;  abviomen  hairy  scaled,  the  segments  above 
armed  with  many  chitinous  spines;  hind  tibise  of  %  swollen,  without 
hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below  in  %  , 
1 1  veins ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate 
from  cell,  9  wingless. 

Peculiar  in  the  spinous  armature  of  the  abdomen,  much  surpassing 
in  this  respect  Paleacrifa  Riley  and  Chondrosoma  Anker.    Phigalia, 
a  European  genus,  type  pedaria  Fab.,  shows  the  same  tendency,  but 
it  is  not  so  marked.     Phigalia  is  also  much  more  hairy  in  vestiture. 
Species. — R.  nevadaria  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
R.  olivacearia  Morr. 
R.  titea  Cram. 

R.  nevadaria  n.  sp. — Expands  34-36  mm.  Very  near  R.  tifen  and  R. 
olivacearia  :  about  the  size  and  wing  shape  of  the  latter,  with  the  more  distinct 
cross-lines  of  the  former.  The  fore  wings  have  more  of  blackish  than  R.  titea, 
this  being  more  emphasized  in  the  outer  shading  of  the  outer  line  ;  all  the  veins 
outwardly  arelined  with  black,  especially  strong  beyond  outer  line;  the  middle 
and  outer  lines  merge  together  at  inner  margin ;  the  spinulations  of  the  abdomen 
are  not  as  strong  as  in  the  other  species. 

Nevada,  Colorado. 


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66.  ERANNIS  Hiib. 
Verz.  320,  1818. 

Type  dffoUaria  Clerck. 
Hybernia  Latr.,  Fam.  Nat.  477,  1825,  type  defoliaria  Clerck. 

Palpi  very  short,  almost  rudimentary  ;  tongue  very  short,  almost 
obsolete;  front  scaled,  broad;  anteunse  of  %  with  long  fascicle  of 
hairs  from  four  slight  protuberances  on  each  segment;  thorax  hair 
scaled,  somewhat  tufted  anteriorly,  hairy  below ;  abdomen  scaled ; 
hind  tibijie  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  in  both  sexes  with  two 
pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below  in  %  ,  12  veins ;  hind 
wings  5  obsolete,  6  and  7  widely  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ; 
wings  broad,  rounded,  even  ;    $  with  wings  obsolete. 

Under  Almphila  I  have  spoken  of  the  application  of  the  generic 
term  Erannis.  It  cannot  be  applied  to  the  species  ordinarily  grouped 
under  Anisopteryx  Steph.  as  they  belong  to  Hiibner's  genus  Also- 
phila.  The  only  proper  application  is  to  regard  defoliaria  as  the 
type  of  Erannis,  as  this  was  beyond  question  the  idea  of  Hiibner. 
The  species  ordinarily  grouped  together  in  that  genus  I  do  not  be- 
lieve to  be  properly  congeneric.  Apart  from  other  things  there  are 
great  differences  in  the  antennse  of  the  males,  the  majority  having 
the  antennae  bipectinate  and  so  decidedly  different  from  the  antennae 
of  E.  defoliaria.  Hybernia  Latr.  if  not  regarded  as  a  synonym  of 
Erannis,  must  stand  for  the  species  with  bipectinate  antennae  in  the 
%  .  But  that  group  had  already  been  called  Agrilopis  by  Hubner. 
Our  species  are  all  of  the  defoliaria  group. 

Species. — E.  defoliaria  var.  vancouverensis  Hulst. 
£r  tiliaria  Harr. 
E.  coloradata,  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

E.  defoliaria  var,  vancouverensis  n.  var.  I  give  this  varietal  name 
to  a  form  which  seems  to  be  common  at  Victoria,  Vancouver  Island, 
Canada.  It  is  very  uniform,  and  is  much  more  sharj)ly  marked 
than  the  typical  defoliaria,  and  the  shadings  of  the  %  ,  and  the 
general  color  of  the  9  ,  are  much  darker.  The  typical  form  of  de- 
foliaria is  not  found  as  yet  in  our  faunal  limits  so  far  as  I  am  aware. 

K.  coloradata  n.  sp. — Expands  46  miu.  Palpi  fuscous  brown,  black  at 
end;  front  fuscous  brown;  thorax  and  abdomen  smoky  ocher,  the  segments  of 
abdomen  darker  anteriorly  and  dorsally  ;  fore  wings  fuscous  ocher,  overlaid  with 
dull  brown  ;  basal  field  dark,  limited  by  a  black  line,  which  begins  at  costa  one- 
quarter  out,  runs  sharply  outward,  making  sharj)  dentations  at  subcostal  and  base 
of  vein  5,  then  forms  a  sinus  inwardly  with  another  sharp  dentation  near  vein  \a  ; 

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364  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

the  middle  field  is  much  lighter,  being  a  sort  of  ocher  brown  ;  the  outer  line  is 
black,  distinct,  beginning  at  costa  two-thirds  out,  forming  a  dull  angle  on  fold 
between  5  and  6,  turning  backward  at  vein  3  just  outside  the  cell,  then  running 
parallel  with  outer  margin  to  Ire,  then  forming  a  sinus  outwardly  to  inner  margin  ; 
outer  field  darker  than  middle  field,  lighter  than  basal,  with  a  darker  shading 
along  costa  near  apex ;  discal  spot  distinct,  black;  hind  wings  translucent,  light 
ocher,  slightly  striated  with  brown  ;  beneath  upper  surface  indistinctly  reflected, 
paler,  basal  line  obsolete,  outer  line  quite  distinct,  outer  field  darkest. 

Colorado,  from  Dr.  Barnes. 

Considerably  like  E.  tlliar'm  in  general  appearance. 

67.  CI1VGIL.IA  Walk. 
Trans.  Ent.  Soc.  Lond.  third  series,  vol.  i,  76,  1862. 

Type  catenaria  Cram. 
Catena  Grt.,  Can.  Ent.  viii,  205,  1876,  type  catenaria  Cram. 
Vestigifera  Gump.,  Nov.  Act.  Halle,  49.  326,  369,  1887,  type  catenaria  Cram. 

Palpi  moderate,  slender,  lightly  scaled,  porrect ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  broad,  round,  clothed  with  hair ;  antennae  bipectinate  to  apex 
in  %  ,  dentate  in  9  pectinations,  in  S  filiform  ;  thorax  hairy  above, 
woolly  below  ;  abdomen  smooth,  scaly ;  legs  slender,  hind  tibiie  not 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  even,  rounded,  without  fovea  at  base  in  "S  ,  12  veins,  6 
stemmed  with  7,  10  and  II  from  cell  anastomosing  with  each  other, 
and__with  9  and  12  ;  vestiture  rather  thin,  hairy  scaled. 

/  Species. —  C.  catenaria  Cram. 

68.  EUCATERVA  Grt. 
Pap.  ii,  80,  1882. 

Type  vararia  Grt. 

Palpi  of  %  extraordinarily  long,  deltoid  like,  somewhat  drooping 
second  member  much  the  largest,  lightly  clothed ;  of  9  moderate, 
somewhat  drooping  ;  tongue  obsolete ;  front  broad,  closely  scaled ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibiae  not  swollen,  without  hair 
pencil,  Avith  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes,  all  spurs  short  and 
light ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate  to  apex,  of  $  filiform  ;  fore  wings 
even,  rounded,  without  fovea  in  %  ,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  and  11 
from  cell  anastomosing  with  each  other  and  with  9  and  12  ;  hind 
wings  cell  long,  6  and  7  close  or  short  stemmed,  a  fovea  at  base  of 
S  below  in  9  ,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — £.  vararia  Grt. 

69.  PHIXTR^A  n.  gen. 
Type  elegantaria  Hy.  Edw. 

Palpi  very  small,  light,  almost  obsolete ;  tongue  obsolete  in  S  , 
very  short  in    9  ;    front  flattened,  hairy ;    antennae  bipectinate  to 


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apex  in  9  ,  pectinations  long,  bipectinated  in  9  ,  apex  simple,  pectina- 
tions rather  short ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibise  not 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  even,  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  6  separate,  10  and  1 1 
from  cell  anastomosing  with  each  other,  with  9  and  with  12;  hind 
wings  rounded,  even,  6  and  7  stemmed,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate 
from  cell. 

Species. — P.  elegantaria  H.  Edw. 

70.  ACANTHOPHORAn.  gen. 

Type  graefii  Hulst. 

Palpi  rather  short,  slender,  lightly  scaled;  tongue  developed; 
front  broad,  scaled  ;  antennae  of  9  bipectinate,  apex  simple  ;  thorax 
and  abdomen  scaled,  untufted ;  fore  tibia?  short,  broad  and  flat  at 
end,  with  a  claw  on  each  side,  the  one  on  the  inner  side  being  the 
stronger ;  hind  tibiae  of  l  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all 
spurs;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below  in  %  ,  II  veins,  10  absent, 
11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate 
from  cell. 

Species. — A.  graefii  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

A.  graefii  n.  sp.— Expands  32  mm.  Palpi  white,  scales  black  at  end  ;  front 
white,  with  a  black  outward  ring ;  antennae  fuscous :  thorax  white.  Abdomen 
with  some  scattered  black  scales  ;  fore  wings  white,  some  blackish  along  costa  and 
a  few  small  scattered  black  strise..  a  little  more  close  beyond  disc,  about  35  to  40 
altogether;  a  marginal  line  of  intervenular  black  points;  hind  wings  white,  with 
scarcely  any  black  scales;  marginal  line  of  black  points;  beneath  much  as  above, 
hut  with  hind  wings  considerably  black  spotted. 

Texas,  from  Mr.  Graef. 

71.  TRACHEOPS  n.  gen. 
Type  bolteri  Hulst. 

Palpi  very  short,  drooping ;  tongue  developed  ;  clypeus  subquad- 
rate,  rather  broader  than  long,  swollen,  the  whole  surface  pitted  and 
roughened ;  antennae  of  I  bipectinate,  segments  short,  pectinations 
short  and  thick,  half  as  broad  as  length  of  segments,  apex  and  base 
simple ;  thorax  rough  scaled,  hairy  below ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind 
tibi»  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings  with  fovea  below,  close  to  base  and 
small,  12  veins,  6  widely  separate  from  7,  10  and  11  short  stemmed 
with  each  other,  10  anastomosing  with  9  and  11  with  12  ;  hind  wings 
3  and  4  separate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from 
cell. 

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366  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

Distinguished  more  especially  by  the  roughened  pitted  clypeus  and 
the  somewhat  peculiar  t   autennse. 
Species. —  T.  bolteri  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

T.  bolteri  n.  sp. — Expands  32  mm.  Palpi  fuscous  ;  front  fuscous  clay  color; 
thorax  fuscous  clay  anteriorly,  becoming  light  fuscous  gray  posteriorly,  with  a 
lunule  of  black  at  middle  of  each  patagia,  and  a  black  dorsal  spot  posteriorly  on 
thorax.  Abdomen  dull  whitish,  with  black  spots  dorsally  on  each  segment;  fore 
wing  whitish,  with  an  olive  tint  basally,  somewhat  mixed  with  fuscous  scales  and 
with  much  of  black  in  lines  and  shadings,  these  giving  the  wing  an  irregularly 
whitish  and  black  appearance ;  first  there  is  a  black  costal  spot  at  extreme  base, 
then  a  blackish  clouding  darkest  at  costa  on  basal  field  ;  basal  line  black,  curved 
and  angled,  the  largest  angle  being  on  submedian  space  inwardly ;  a  somewhat 
indefinite  middle  intra-discal  black  line,  zigzag,  with  two  angles  on  each  side, 
followed  outwardly  with  blackish  cloudings:  discal  spot  black,  distinct;  outer 
line  bent,  rounded,  black,  with  long  teeth  running  on  outer  side  out  on  veins; 
submarginal  blackish  cloudings  and  a  row  of  black  intervennlar  spots:  hind 
wings  white,  with  black  discal  spots  and  loose  blackish  cloudings  outwardly,  these 
being  parts  of  somewhat  indeterminate  cross-lines;  beneath  almost  as  above,  but 
with  ground  color  more  fuscous  and  less  clear;  antennas  of  'J,  black.  Legs  light 
fuscous,  spotted  with  black  on  coxae  and  femora,  becoming  solid  black  anteriorly 
on  tibia  and  tarsi.  The  single  %  specimen  gives  the  impression  that  in  newly- 
emerged  specimens  the  fore  wings  have  a  decided  olive  or  greenish  shading. 

Las  Vegas,  New  Mex.,  from  Mr.  Bolter,  to  whom  I  dedicate  the 
species. 

72.  DYSCIA  Hiib. 

Verz.  314,  1818. 

Type  conspersaria  Fab. 
Psednothrix  Hiib.,  Verz.  319,  1818,  type  belgaria  Hiib. 
Moesia  Steph.,  Ills.  3,  150.  1829,  type  belgaria  Hiib. 
Scodiona  Bois.,  Index  Meth.  185,  1840.  type  conspersaria  Fab. 
Napuca  Walk.,  C.  B.  M.  Geom.  1693,  1862,  type  orciferata  Walk. 

Palpi  moderate  or  short,  slender,  subascending  or  porrect ;  tongue 
very  short  or  wanting ;  front  hairy,  broad,  not  tufted ;  antennie  of 
%  bipectinate  to  apex ;  thorax  hairy,  scaled  above,  hairy  below, 
without  tufts ;  abdomen  scaled,  somewhat  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibise 
slightly  or  not  at  all  swollen,  with  all  spurs,  without  hair  pencil  in 
%  ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  at  base  below,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from 
cell ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from 
cell ;  all  wings  even,  rounded,  the  fore  wings  with  a  tendency  to 
hairiness  of  vestiture. 

Mr.  Meyrick  joins  this  genus  with  Crocota  Hiib.,  whose  type  is 
lutearia  Fab.,  but  it  is  definitely  separate  by  the  undeveloped  tongue. 
There  is  some  difference  in  the  length  of  the  palpi,  but  it  is  neither 
marked  nor  definite ;  Guenee  puts  gilvaria  Fab.  and  its  allies  under 


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Aspilates  Treits.,  and  so  with  liis  determination  Aspilates  would  be 
a  synonym  of  this  genus.  But  Treitschke  did  not  have  that  idea  of 
his  genus.  He  had  under  it  discordant  material,  but  none  of  the 
earlier  named  species  apply  here.  The  first  is  purptiraria  Linn.,  and 
this  may  be  taken  as  the  type  of  Aspilates.  This  is  ordinarily  cata- 
logued as  Lythria,  but  as  Mr.  Meyrick  remarks,  Lythria  is  a  syno- 
nym of  Botys  Latr.  afterwards  applied,  but  without  right,  to  a  genus 
of  the  Pyralidse. 

Mr.  Warren,  Nov.  Zool.  vol.  i,  437,  1894,  calls  attention  to  the 
fact  that  mundataria  Cr.  has  hi  pectinate  antennae  in  9  ,  thus  sepa- 
rating it  from  this  genus,  and  calls  it  Megaspilates.  But  mundataria 
Cr.  is  type  of  Concilia  Hub.  Verz.  337,  1818,  which,  of  course,  has 
priority. 

Species.  -  D.  orciferata  Walk. 

73.  liYrHMOSEA  Grt. 
Trans.  Kans.  Acad.  Sci.  viii,  52,  1883. 

Type  helviolaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  heavily  scaled  ;  tongue  developed ;  front  hair 
tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  ; 
abdomen  slender,  smooth ;  legs  long,  slender ;  hind  tibiae  long,  not 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes  ; 
fore  wings  even,  rounded,  without  fovea  at  base  in  %  ,  12  veins,  10 
on  9,  11  from  cell,  6  and  7  stemmed;  hind  wings  6  and  7  stemmed, 
5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — L.  helviolaria  Hulst. 
L.  intennicata  Walk. 

74.  SI»H^CEL,ODES  Guen. 

Phal.  ii,  116,  1857. 

Type  vulneraria  Hiib. 

Brotis  Hiib.,  Verz.  303,  1818.  type  ridneraria  Hiib. 

Palpi  stout,  porrect  or  subascending,  heavily  clothed ;  tongue  de- 
veloped ;  front  hair  tufted ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  ,  pectinations 
moderate,  the  bases  of  the  antennae  very  close  together,  almost 
touching ;  thorax  densely  haired  above  and  below  ;  abdomen  smooth  ; 
hind  tibiae  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs 
in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings 
all  veins  separate,  8  close  to  cell  one-half  its  length  then  diverging 
at  a  sharp  angle. 

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368  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

Brotis  Hiib.  is  preoccupied  by  Hiibner  himself,  he  having  given 
the  name  previously  to  another  genus  of  Lepidoptera.  The  genus 
is  a  very  peculiar  one  in  the  position  of  the  antennse ;  the  single 
species  has  a  decided  resemblance  to  the  genus  Eudamiis  of  the  Rho- 
palocera,  and  is  probably  a  day  flyer. 

75.  STERGAMAT^A  n.  gen. 
Type  inornata  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  recurved,  reaching  well  towards  summit 
of  head  ;  tongue  strong ;  antennae  of  9  filiform ;  front  rounded  ; 
thorax  hairy  scaled,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled ;  hind  tibise  with 
all  spurs ;  wings  rather  broad,  even,  rounded  ;  fore  wings  12  veins, 
10  and  1 1  stemmed  from  cell ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

I  have  the  9  only.  Its  peculiarity,  the  recurved  palpi,  is  a  rare 
form  of  structure  in  the  family. 

Species. — S.  inornata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  inornata  n.  sp. — Expands  48  mm.  Palpi  dark  fuscous;  front,  thorax 
and  abdomen  whitish  ocher  stained  with  fuscous;  all  wings  of  the  same  color, 
varying  only  enough  to  give  faint  suggestion  of  lighter  cross-bauds  basally  and 
outwardly,  the  limitations  of  these  being  scalloped  and  slightly  darker;  discal 
spots  fine,  black ;  beneath  slightly  less  ocher,  and  a  broad  outer  fuscous  baud 
parallel  with  outer  margins  on  all  wings. 

Female  only,  Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce. 

76.  ]fIEL.E]VI^A  n.  gen. 
Type  magdalena  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  rather  slendei",  lightly  scaled ; 
tongue  developed  ;  front  rounded,  conical,  short  scaled ;  antennae  of 
%  bipectinate,  apex  simple ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth  ;  hind 
tibiae  of  %  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore 
wings  without  fovea  below,  12  veins,  10  from  a  point  with  6  and  9 
at  end  of  cell,  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  rounded,  5  undeveloped,  6 
and  7  stennued,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. — M.  magdalena  Hulst,  n.  sp. 
31.  morsicaria  Hulst. 

M.  magdalena  n.  sp. — Expands  35  mm.  Palpi  ocher  yellow,  reddish  on 
outside;  front  reddish  yellow;  antennse  yellow  fuscous,  end  of  pectinations  much 
darker;  thorax  yellowish,  as  is  also  the  abdomen,  but  the  latter  has  a  reddish 
tinge  dorsally ;  fore  wings  reddish  orange,  lighter  along  costa,  becoming  straw- 
yellow  towards  apex  ;  from  costa  just  within  apex  this  yellow  reaches  in  a 
rounded  loop,  broader  at  middle,  to  base  at  inner  margin  ;  beyond  this  following 


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the  same  course  the  red  is  mixed  with  yellow,  followed  again  with  a  strip  of 
yellow  reaching  from  near  apex  to  vein  3 ;  within  the  first  yellow  band,  and 
without  the  second  one,  are  single  lines,  deep  red,  with  dark  scales  intermixed, 
following  the  same  general  course,  the  inner  straighter,  the  outer  with  deeper 
loop,  the  outer  beginning  at  the  deep  red  apex,  and  both  continuing  to  base;  the 
inner  inwardly,  and  the  outer  outwardly,  are  shaded  with  violet  pinkish  ;  hind 
wings  reddish  yellow,  lighter  towards  base,  more  yellowish  anteriorly,  more  red- 
dish about  anal  ajigle;  a  deeper  reddish  Hue  starting  within  anterior  angle, 
rounding  close  to  outer  margin,  then  turning  inwardly  to  middle  of  anal  margin  ; 
beneath  as  above,  but  fainter,  but  with  apex  of  fore  wings  bright  orange-red. 

From  Mr.  Bruce,  Colorado. 

A  most  beautiful  insect.  Different  in  its  style  of  ornamentation 
from  any  other  American  Geometer  that  I  know. 

77.  ANAGOGA  Hiib. 

Verz.  294,  1818. 

Type  pulverata  L. 
Asiuophora  Steph.,  Cat.  126,  1829,  type  pulverata  L. 
Numeria  Dup.,  Lep.  Fr.  viii,  107,  1829,  type  pulverata  L. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  ascending,  heavily  scaled,  end  member 
very  small ;  front  tufted ;  tongue  developed ;  antennae  of  S  bipec- 
tinate  to  apex,  pectinations  filiform,  of  ?  deeply  serrate,  almost 
pectinated ;  thorax  hairy  above,  woolly  below  ;  abdomen  loosely 
scaled,  untufted ;  wings  broad,  even,  rounded  ;  fore  wings  without 
fovea  below,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  and  11  from  cell  separate  from 
each  other  as  well  as  from  12  and  9  ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  8 
separate  from  cell ;  hind  tibiie  not  swollen,  with  all  spurs,  without 
hair  pencil  in  %  . 

Species. — A.  occidaaria  Walk. 

78.  NEOTERPES  n.  geu. 
Type  ephelidaria  Hulst. 

Palpi  ascending,  rather  long  ;  tongue  strong ;  front  close  scaled, 
slightly  tufted  ;  antenniB  bipectinate  in  both  sexes,  in  £  almost  t(j 
apex ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  above,  slightly  hairy  below  ;  abdomen 
scaled,  untufted;  hind  tibiie  of  Z  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  with  all 
spurs  present ;  fore  wings  slightly  angulate  on  outer  margin,  without 
fovea  below,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  ronnd,  or 
scarcely  angled,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  stemmed,  8  separate  from 
cell. 

This  may  be  the  same  as  Sicyodes  Warr.,  but  the  description, 
"  like  Sicya  Guen.,  but  with  the  9  antennte  pectinated,  though  more 

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870  .  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

shortly  than  in  the  Z  ,"  is  indefinite.  If  Sicyodes  be  like  Sicya 
otherwise,  then  Neoterpe^  differs  generically,  as  it  has  a  hair  pencil 
on  hind  tihise  in   %  . 

Species. — N.  ephelidaria  Hulst. 

N.  snoviaria  Hulst. 

N.  edwardsata  Pack. 

79.  SI€YA  Guen. 

Phal.  i,  104,  1857. 

Type  macidaria  Harr. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending,  rather  heavy,  heavily  scaled  below ; 
tongue  developed ;  front  tufted  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  l>  ,  apex 
simple,  filiform  in  9  ;  thorax  long  haired  above,  woolly  below  ;  ab- 
domen smooth  ;  hind  legs  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two 
pairs  of  .«purs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  , 
angled  at  4  in  %  ,  less  so  or  not  at  all  in  9  .  12  veins,  6  at  a  point 
or  short  stemmed  with  7,  10  and  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  6  and  7 
stemmed,  8  separate  from  cell,  5  undeveloped. 
Species. — S.  maeularia  Harr. 

80.  THERIIVA  Hiib. 

Verz.  283,  1818. 

Type  proxaparia  Linn. 
Ellopia  Treits.,  Schra.  Eur.  vi,  89,  1827.  type  prosaparia  Linn. 

Palpi  short,  light,  porrect,  thinly  scaled ;  tongue  developed  ;  front 
scaled ;  antennae  of  l  bipectinate  to  apex,  of  9  slightly  serrate ; 
thorax  and  abdomen  scaled,  thorax  slightly  hairy  below  ;  abdomen 
somewhat  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibi?e  generally  swollen,  without  hair 
pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  wings  broad,  rounded,  even,  or  slightly 
angulate,  vestiture  thin,  rather  hairy ;  fore  wings  with  chitinous 
cross-bar  between  submedian  and  vein  la  near  base,  probably  the 
outer  relic  of  a  fovea,  which  is  even  now  suggested  in  both  sexes, 
12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species :  — 

rr.  vltraria  Grt.  T.  athaslarki  Walk. 

T\~GavUla^'iall\iht.  T.  fiscellaria  Guen. 

T.  pellneMhu'Ui  G.  and  R.  [f.fervidaria  Hiib. 

J  T.  endropku'ia  G.  and  R. 


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81.  METROCAMPA  Latr. 
Consid.  gen.  366,  1810. 

Type  margaritata  Linn. 

Palpi  slight,  subasceuding,  not  long;  tongue  developed;  front 
closely  scaled  ;  antenna?  of  %  hipectinate  almost  to  apex,  the  ex- 
treme apex  simple,  of  9  serrate ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  above,  some- 
what woolly  below  ;  abdomen  scaled,  somewhat  tufted  at  end ;  fore 
wings  without  fovea  below,  even,  or  slightly  angulate,  12  veins ;  hind 
wings  somewhat  angulate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  sepa- 
rate from  cell ;  hind  uWvx  swollen,  with  hair  pencil  in  %  ;  larva 
with  12  legs. 

Species. — M.  perlata  Guen. 

82.  EUGONOBAPTA  Warren. 

Nov.  Zool.  i,  405,  1894. 

Type  nivosata  Guen. 

Palpi  rather  short,  slender,  porrect ;  tongue  developed;  front 
smooth  ;  antennte  flattened,  lamellate  in  %  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled  ; 
abdomen  slender,  smooth  ;  hind  tibiaj  of  h  swollen,  with  hair  pencil ; 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  costa  strongly  arched, 
outer  margin  even,  without  fovea  at  base  in  ^  ,  12  veins,  6  separate, 
10  on  9,  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  rather  long,  somewhat  angled  at 
4,  all  veins  separate. 

/Species. — E.  nivosata  Guen. 

83.  RIPUEA  Guen. 

Phal.  i,  34.  1857. 

Type  mahometaria  H.-Sch. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ;  front  tufted  ; 
antennje  of  %  doubly  bipectinate,  two  pectinations  arising  from  each 
side  of  each  segment  at  ends,  apex  simple;  thorax  hairy  above, 
densely  hairy  woolly  below ;  fore  wings  even,  scarcely  bent  at  4, 
without  fovea  at  base  in  I  ,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell,  6  shortly 
stemmed  with  7  ;  hind  wings  cell  short,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. — B.  virfjinaria  Hulst.- 

84.  ENWOMOS  Treit. 
Schm.  Eur.  vi  (1),  3,  1827. 

Type  alniaria  Linn. 

Eugonia  Hiib.,  Verz.  291,  1818.  type  alniaria  Linn. 
Palpi   rather  long,  end  member  longer  than  usual,  long  haired 
below  ;  tongue  developed,  but  not  strong  ;  front  densely  hairy  tufted  ; 

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372  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

auteniise  bipectinate  in  both  sexes,  apex  simple  in    9  ,  not  in    %  ; 
thorax  densely  hairy  above  and  below ;    abdomen   scaled ;   femora 
hairy  ;  hind  tibise  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  one  or  two 
pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  angulate,  12  veins; 
hind  wings  angulate  and  wavy,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Eagonia  Hiib.,  was  preoccupied  by  himself,  he  having  previously 
given  the  name  to  a  genus  of  butterflies. 
Species.  —fE.  >tubsi-aiiarius  Hiib. 
'E.  magnarius  Guen.    • 

85.  XANTHOTYPE  Warreu. 
Nov.  Zool.  i.  463,  1894. 

Type  crocataria  Fab. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  bushy  ;  tongue  developed ;  front  hairy, 
somewhat  tufted  below;  antenmie  bipectinate  in  both  sexes,  apex 
simple,  in  $  pectinations  short,  sharp ;  thorax  hairy  above ;  abdo- 
men smooth  ;  hind  tibiiie  swollen  in  both  sexes,  without  hair  pencil, 
with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings  rounded  in  %  ,  dully  angulate 
in  %  at  vein  4,  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10 
on  11,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  of  %  slightly  sinused,  of  9  deeply 
sinused,  from  7  to  5  edge  uneven,  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped, 
8  separate  from  cell. 

Species. — A',  crocataria  Fab. 

86.  PLAGODIS  Hiib. 

Verz.  294.  1818. 

Type  dolobraria  Linn. 
Eurymene  Dup.,  Lep.  Fr.  vii,  185,  1829,  type  dolobraria  Linn. 

Palpi  moderate,  subasceuding,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  smooth,  or  slightly  tufted  ;  antennae  of  Z  bipectinate,  apex 
simple,  of  9  finely  serrate ;  thorax  scaled,  somewhat  hairy  beneath  ; 
abdomen  scaled,  untufted  ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  12  veins, 
10  and  11  from  cell;  the  wing  with  a  broadly  rounded  angle  at  4, 
and  rounded  out  inwardly  from  3  to  inner  margin  ;  hind  wings  5 
undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell ;  the  wings 
rounded  out  from  3  to  inner  margin  forming  rounded  angle  at  4 ; 
hind  tibiae  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  all  spurs,  the  tibiae  scarcely 
swollen. 

Species : — 
P.  seriilarla  H.-Sch.  P.  alcoolaria  Guen. 

P.  keutzuKjaria  Pack.  P.  phlogosaria  Guen. 

P.  ferrldar'ui  H.-Sch.  P.  emarginaria  Guen. 


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87.  HYPERITIS  Gueu. 
.    Phal.  117,  i,  1857. 

Type  amicaria  H.-Sch. 
Probole  H.-Sch..  Auseu.  Schm.  83,  1855,  type  amicaria  H.-Sch. 
Palpi  ascending,  stout,  rather  long ;  front  rounded,  broad,  smooth  ; 
tongue  developed;  antennse  bipectinated  in  both  sexes,  apex  simple, 
pectinations  short  in  9  ;  thorax  and  abdomen  smooth ;  hind  tibiae 
scarcely  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both 
sexes;  fore  wings  angled  at  4,  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  12  veins, 
6  separate,  10  at  a  point,  or  shortly  stemmed  with  9,  11  from  cell  ; 
hind  wings  with  a  broad  angle  at  4,  larger  in  %  ,  all  veins  separate, 
5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species :  — 
H.  amicaria  H.-Sch.  H.  trianguliferata  Pack. 

H.  notataria  Hulst.  H.  mollicularia  Zell. 

88.  AMI  A  Steph. 
Brit.  Eut.  Hanst.  iii,  321,  1831. 

Type  limbata. 
Mic.rogonia  H.-Sch.,  Auseu.  Schm,  1855,  type  limbata  Haw. 
Nematocampa  Guen.,  Phal.  i,  120,  1857,  type  limbata  Haw. 

Palpi  moderate,  erect  or  ascending,  light ;  tongue  developed ; 
front  smooth,  narrow  in  S  ,  quadrate  in  9  !  antennse  S  lamellate, 
in  S  filiform ;  thorax  smooth,  hairs  of  patagise  long ;  abdomen 
smooth  ;  legs  rather  heavy ;  hind  tibiie  in  S  nuich  swollen,  with 
hair  pencil,  end  spurs  small,  close  together,  the  outer  upper  spur 
normal,  the  inner  lengthened,  enlarged  at  end  thus  becoming  club 
shaped;  hind  tibiae  of  9  normal;  fore  wings  11  veins,  10  wanting, 
1 1  stemmed  with  9,  5  nearer  6  than  4 ;  hind  wings  all  separate,  5 
undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — A.  limbata  Haw. 

89.  CJOIVODONTIS  Hub. 

Verz.  287,  1818. 

Type  bidentata  Clerck. 
Epirranthis  Hub..  296.  1818,  type  obfinnaria  Hiib. 
Odonoptera  Steph.,  111.  162,  1829,  type  bidentata  Clerck. 
Metarranthis  Warr.,  Nov.  Zool.  i.  436,  1894,  type  obfirmaria  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  or  rather  long,  porrect  or  subascending,  rough 
scaled ;  tongue  developed ;  antennae  of  S  bipectinate  to  apex,  pec- 
tinations clavate,  antennse  of  9*  sharply  serrate  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled, 
hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled,  untufted  ;  femora  more  or  less  hairy  ; 

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374  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

hind  tibiie  somewhat  swollen  or  slightly  so,  without  hair  pencil  in 
%  ,  with  all  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell  ;  with- 
out fovea  below  in  %  ;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate, 
8  separate  from  cell ;  wings  even,  somewhat  wavy,  or  somewhat 
angled. 

Mr.  Meyrick  joins  CrocaUis  Treit.  with  this.  The  type  of  Cro- 
callis  is  elinguaria  L.,  which  is  also  the  type  of  Eusarca  Hub.  of 
the  Teutamen.  Elinguaria  is  not  congeneric  v.'ith  Gonodoutis  how- 
ever, as  the  tongue  is  wanting.  I  have  joined  with  this  genus  Epir- 
ranthis  Hiib.,  the  type  of  which  is  objinnaria  Hiib.,  which  has 
broad,  rounded  wings,  but  which  is  insensibly  connected  with  the 
species  having  waved  or  angulate  wings.  Mr.  Warren  gives  the 
name  3Ietarrhattthis  to  obJir)ii(iria,  "  because  palverata  has  been  re- 
moved to  the  Orthostixinae."  Epirranthis  was  created  by  Hiibner 
with  two  species  under  \t,  pulverata  and  obfirmaria.  Boisduval,  find- 
ing them  not  congeneric,  created  the  genus  Ploseria  with  pulverata 
as  type,  thus  leaving  obfirmaria  as  type  of  Epirranthis.  This  was 
right,  and  the  reference  was,  so  far  as  I  know,  universally  recognised 
by  systematists  till  Mr.  Meyrick,  without  explanation,  "^vxt  pulverata 
under  Epirranthis.  I  do  not  believe  Epirranthis  a  valid  genus,  but 
if  so  or  not,  its  type  is  obfirmaria  Hiib. 

Hiib.  Verz.  263,  1818,  gave  the  name  Gonodonta  to  a  genus  of 
Noctuidse.  Under  the  present  recognised  law  of  priority,  the  name 
Gonodontis,  not  being  a  mere  distinction  of  gender,  is  not  a  syno- 
nym, and  must  not,  therefore,  give  way  to  Epirranthis. 

Species :  — 
G.  hypochraria  H.-Sch.  G.  forniosa  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

G.  ivarneri  Haw.  G.  obfirmaria  Hiib. 

G.  duaria  Guen.  G.  distichata  Gucn. 

G.  jnlosaria  Pack.  G.  antidiscaria  Walk. 

G.  barnesii  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

G.  barnesii  n.  sp. — Expands  38-40  mm.  Palpi  smoky  brown,  end  member 
closely  scaled,  middle  and  basal  members  lighter  colored  and  hairy  ;  head  rather 
long  haired,  smoky  ochreoiis;  antennse  about  one-half  as  long  as  wing,  pectina- 
tions stout,  but  rather  short,  smoky  yellow  in  color ;  thorax  long  hairy,  yellow, 
with  a  smoky  tinge,  abdomen  of  same  color:  fore  wings  slightly  falcate,  angled 
at  end  of  vein  4  ;  the  wings  are  divided  into  three  fields  the  basal  reaching  about 
one-fourth  the  wing  on  costa,  the  same  distance  on  inner  margin,  rounding  out- 
wardly, ochreous  yellow  in  color;  the  middle  field  has  a  considerably  darker 
tinge,  and  is  limited  outwardly  by  a  line  curving  inwardly  near  the  middle  and 
subparallel  with  the  outer  margin  ;  this  field  is  on  both  inner  and  outer  edge 
within  lined  narrowly  with  smoky  brown ;  outer  field  clay  ocher  ;  hind  wdugs 


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light  ocher.  darkening  outwarflly,  with  dark  wavy  line  near  middle;  diseal  spots 
on  both  wings  distinct,  black;  beneath  dnll  clay  yellow,  darkest  at  costa.  outer 
line  faintly  showing,  diseal  sjiots  distinct,  black.  Legs  smoky  yellow,  the  fore 
tibiae  in  front  darker,  and  the  epiphysis  dark  brown. 

Greenwood  Springs,  Col.,  from  Dr.  Barnes.  Very  much  like  G. 
tusciaria,  of  Europe. 

G.  fbrmosa  n.  sp. — Expands  40-42  mm.  Palpi  blai^kish  on  sides,  whitish 
at  end  of  hairs  below;  front  dark  gray,  made  of  the  blackish  hairs  which  are 
whitish  at  the  ends,  or  fuscous,  the  color  then  being  dark  fuscous,  .\bdomen 
dull  white  to  fuscous,  with  scattered  blackish  scales;  fore  wings  even,  rounded, 
dark  gray  to  fuscous  basally  and  outwardly  blackish,  olive  or  dark  fuscous  on 
middle  field  ;  the  middle  field  is  edged  with  a  white  line  on  both  sides,  and  in 
cases  where  the  middle  field  is  faded,  the  extreme  part  next  the  white  lines  shows 
as  black  lines;  basal  margin  of  middle  field  very  oblique,  beginning  subcostally 
beyond  middle  reaching  the  inner  margin  close  to  base,  after  an  angulation  at 
cell  and  again  between  1  and  cell;  outer  line  beginning  near  apex,  running 
somewhat  inwardly,  and  with  two  curves  to  inner  margin  ;  an  outer  submarginal 
dark  shading,  blackish  or  dark  fuscous;  hind  wings  light  gray  to  fuscous,  with 
a  broad  dark  median  cross-line,  and  a  broad  dark  outer  field  ;  beneath  light  fus- 
cous gray  with  outer  line  black  on  all  wings,  following  outer  edge  of  middle 
field  above  on  fore  wings  and  cross-line  on  hind  wings. 

Colorado,  Dr.  Barnes  ;  S.  California,  Prof.  Riley. 

90.  EIICHL.^XA  Hub. 
Verz.  293,  1818. 

Type  obt.usaria  Hiib. 
Endropia  Guen..  Phal.  i,  122,  1857,  type  pecthiaria  Schif. 

Palpi  moderate  or  rather  long,  subascending  or  ascending,  rough 
haired  below;  tongue  strong;  front  scaled,  untufted  ;  antenujB  of 
%  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  serrate  ;  thorax  scaly  hairy  above, 
hairy  below ;  abdomen  scaled,  .sometimes  a  little  tufted  at  end  ;  hind 
tibiae  of  %  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 
without  fovea  below,  generally  angulate  at  4,  sometimes  wavy,  12 
veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  generally  angulate  at  4, 
generally  waved,  running  sometimes,  especially  in  the  9  ,  i'lto  scal- 
lops, 5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Mr.  Meyrick  uses  this  generic  name  in  the  sense  of  Epione  Guen., 
but  I  think  it  must  be  placed  here.  Hiibner  placed  three  species, 
obtmarla  Hiib.,  apiciaria  Linn,  and  oespertaria,  under  it.  The  spe- 
cies were  not  congeneric.  Guenee,  not  recognising  Hiibner,  erected 
Epione,  of  which  apiciaria  is  type,  and  with  which  vespertaria  is 
congeneric,  and  put  obtunaria  under  his  genus  Endropia.  The  rules 
require  that  Guenee's  division  shall  be  recognized,  that  Epione,  the 
first  genus  described,  be  recognized  as  valid,  obfnsaria  thus  becoming 

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376  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

type  of  Euchlcena.     The  genus  differs  from  Epione  in  the  presence 
of  the  hair  pencil,  and  in  the  simple  apex  of  the  %   antennse. 
Species : — 

E.  hilumnaria  Hulst.  E.  occantaria  Hulst. 

E.  geniculata  Hnlst.  E.  johnsonaria  Fitch. 

E.  argyllaria  Hulst.  E^  amcenaria  Guen. 

E.  galbinaria  Hulst.  )  E.  vinulentaria  G.  and  E. 

E^  manubiaria  Hulst.  VE.  asti/lusaria  Walk?" 

E._jerratal)r\i.  E.  marginata  Miuot. 

E.  musaria  Walk.  E.  pecthiaria  Schif. 

\/K  obtusaria  Hiib.  E.  sesquilinearia  Grt. 

Ereffecfafta  Walk.  E.  falcata  Pack. 

91.  SEIiEWIA  Hiib. 
Verz.  292,  1818  {Eutrapela  Tentameu). 

Type  bilunaria  Esp. 
Palpi  porrect  or  subascending,  quite  long,  hairy  or  rough  scaled  ; 
tongue  developed  ;  front  with  projecting  scales  or  hair  tuft ;  antennae 
of  1  bipectinate  to  apex,  of  9  sharply  serrate ;  thorax  hairy,  or 
hairy  scaled,  very  hairy  beneath  ;  femora  very  hairy ;  hind  tibiae  not 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs ;  fore  wings 
without  fovea  below,  angulated,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell,  sepa- 
rate ;  hind  wings  waved,  augulate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate, 
8  separate  from  cell ;  all  wings  have  a  transparent  lunule  at  end  of 
discal  cell,  sometimes  much  hidden  by  overlapping  scales. 
Species.^/S'.  /"e>itam£_Grt.    , 

S.  alciphearia  Walk. 

S.  perangulata  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  perangulata  n.  sp. — Expands  44  mm.  Palpi  yellow  ocher,  tinged  with 
fuscous;  front  ocher  fuscous;  thorax  ocher.  Abdomen  clay  ocher;  fore  wings 
deep  yellow  costally  at  base,  washed  with  deep  yellow  just  beyond  discal  spot 
and  of  the  same  color  below  apex  and  washed  with  it  slightly  over  outer  space ; 
grayish  along  costa  and  ocher  over  rest  of  wing ;  basal  line  blackish,  evenly 
rounded:  middle  line  more  diffuse,  blackish,  including  discal  spot,  slightly  bent; 
outer  line  blackish,  quite  straight;  hind  wings  ocher,  middle  line  of  fore  wings 
continued,  the  wing  more  yellow  outwardly ;  bencHth  Hues  more  distinct,  espe- 
cially the  middle  one ;  on  both  wings  the  deep  yellow  color  replaced  by  orauge- 
bi'own. 

Colorado,  from  Mr.  Bruce. 

92.  EPIPLiATYMETRA  Grt. 
Can.  Ent.  v,  145,  1873. 

Type  coloradaria  Gr. 

Palpi  long,  beak  like,  ascending  or  almost  erect,  end  member  more 
or  less  horizontal,  rough  scaled;  tongue  strong;  front  scale  tufted; 


AMEKICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  Oit 

antenuie  of  S  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  serrate ;  thorax  rather 
hairy  scaled,  not  tufted,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled  ;  hind  tibiae 
somewhat  swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  all  spurs;  fore 
wings  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell,  without  fovea  below;  hind 
wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell  ;  all 
wings  strongly  angulate. 

Close  to  Metanema  Guen.,  differing  chiefly  in  the  long,  stout,  as- 
cending palpi. 

Species : — 
^K^cqlqr-adaria_  Qrt.  E.  aurantiacaria  Pack. 

E.  grotearia  Pack.  E.  madusaria  Walk. 

E.  eerviuaria  Pack. 

93.  SYNAXIS  n.  gen. 
Type  palhdata  Hulst. 

Palpi  long,  ascending,  rough  scaled,  end  member  horizontal ; 
tongue  sti'ong  ;  front  somewhat  hair  tufted  ;  antennse  deeply  biden- 
tate  in  S  ;  thorax  hairy  sealed,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled, 
somewhat  tufted ;  hind  tibise  somewhat  swollen,  without  hair  pencil ; 
fore  wings  angulate,  without  fovea  below,  12  or  18  veins,  10  and  1 1 
from  cell ;  hind  wings  somewhat  angulate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

The  only  specimen  of  palludata  I  have  has  13  veins,  the  13th 
reaching  from  12  to  costa.  I  am  convinced  this  is  only  a  rare  aber- 
ration, which,  in  a  number  of  examples,  I  have  found  in  other  spe- 
cies. Mr.  Warren  has  suggested  a  genus  Prionotetracis,  Nov.  Zool. 
i,  461,  1894,  which  might  be  the  same  as  this  genus.  He  gave  as 
type  "  latistrigata  Warr.  ined."  Neither  genus  nor  species  having 
been  described,  it  does  not  exist  as  yet,  whether  it  be  the  same  or 
different. 

Species. — S.  palhdata  Hulst. 
S.  obleidaria  Grt. 

94.  PHERI^E  n.  gen. 
Type  parallelaria  Pack. 

Palpi  long,  ascending,  beak  like,  rough  scaled,  end  member  hori- 
zontal ;  tongue  strong ;  front  cone  tufted  ;  antennae  bipectinate  in 
both  sexes,  apex  simple  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen 
scaled,  somewhat  tufted  ;  hind  tibiae  somewhat  swollen,  with  hair 
pencil  in  %  ,  with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  strongly 
angulate,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell ;  hind  wings  strongly  angu- 
late, 5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

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378  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

Mr.  Warren,  Nov.  Zool.  i,  461,  1894,  suggests  a  genus  Cteiiote- 
tracis  by  name,  witliout  description,  and  without  type  mentioned. 
I  ara  not  aware  any  description  has  been  given.  He,  it  is  true,  says 
"it  is  like  Tetrads,  except  the  antennee  are  pectinated  in  %  ."  This 
differs  very  decidedly  from  Tetracis  in  that  the  antennae  of  the  9  are 
also  bipectinate. 

Species. r-sC^^ora/fe/o/ria  Pack. 
P.  juhafaria  HTulst. 

95.  METANEMA  Guen. 

Pbal.  i,  171,  1857. 

Type  inatomaria  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  stout,  heavily  rough  scaled ;  tongue  strong ;  front 
scaled,  sometimes  somewhat  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex 
simple,  pectinati(^ns  filiform,  of  %  filiform  or  scarcely  serrate ;  tho- 
rax hairy  scaled  or  hairy,  beneath  hairy ;  abdomen  scaled,  some- 
times slightly  tufted  ;  hind  tibiae  of  %  generally  swollen,  without 
hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  more  or 
less  angulate  and  wavy,  more  decidedly  so  in  the  9  ,  12  veins,  10 
and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  angulate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species : — 

CMjl  inatomaria  Guen.  M.  quercivoraria  A.  and  S. 

Lj^^^determinata  Walk.  M.  textrinaria  G.  and  R. 

M.  excelsa  Streck. 

96.  PRYOCYCIiA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  90,  1857. 

Type  armataria  H.-Sch. 

Palpi  rather  long,  ascending  or  erect,  stout,  tongue  developed  ; 
front  smooth,  or   slightly  tufted  ;    antennae    bipectinate    almost    to 
apex  in    %,  ,  sharply  serrate  in    9  ;    thorax   heavily  scale  haired  ; 
abdomen  smooth ;    thorax  rather  woolly  below ;    hind  tibiae  of   % 
somewhat  swollen,  without  hair  ])encil,  rather  short,  two  pairs  of 
spurs  in  both  sexes ;  fore  wings  quite  evenly  scalloped  on  outer  mar- 
gin in  both  sexes,  without  fovea  at  base  in   S  ,  12  veins,  6  widely 
separate,  10  on  9,  1 1  from  cell  separate  from  10  and  12 ;  hind  wings 
quite  evenly  scalloped  on  outer  edge,  deeper  and  more  irregular  in 
9  ;  as  in  the  fore  wings,  the  points  of  the  scallops  at  ends  of  veins, 
5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — P.  armataria  Guen. 
P.  decoloraria  Hulst. 


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97.  SNOWIA  Neum. 
Pap.  iv,  95,  1884. 

Type  montannria  Neum. 

Palpi  rather  short,  porrect,  long  haired  below  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  haired,  somewhat  tufted ;  antennse  bipectinate  in  %  ,  pectina- 
tions short,  clavate,  apex  simple ;  thorax  densely  hairy  above  and 
below,  with  long  subdorsal  hair  tufts  above  from  underneath  patagise  ; 
abdomen  smooth  ;  hind  tibise  swollen,  with  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  wings  rounded,  even,  fore  wings 
without  fovea  at  base  in  %  ,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  on  cell ;  hind  wings 
all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — S.  montanaria  Neum. 

98.  STENASPILATES  Pack. 
Geom.  Moths,  211,  1876. 

Type  meskearia  Pack. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  very  heavily  scaled  ;  tongue  developed  ; 
front  scaled,  not  tufted ;  antennae  bipectinate  in  %  ,  filiform  in  9  ; 
thorax  very  heavily  and  loosely  scaled  with  a  dorsal  crest  and  with 
a  low,  but  heavy  posterior  tufting  of  scales  ;  abdomen  loosely  scaled  ; 
hind  tibiae  without  hair  pencil,  slightly  swollen  in  both  sexes,  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs  ;  fore  wings  outer  edge  sinuate,  more  excised  below 
vein  3,  the  sinuations  all  more  decided  in  9  ,  without  fovea  at  base 
in  S  ,  12  veins,  5  nearer  6  than  4,  6  separate,  10  and  11  from  cell; 
hind  wings  more  deeply  sinuate,  especially  in  9  ,  all  veins  separate, 
5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 

Species : — 
S.  zalissaria  Walk.  S.  muricolor  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

S.  radiosaria  Hulst.  S.  meskearia  Pack. 

S.  muricolor  n.  sp. — Expands  34  mm.     Much  in  general  markings  like  S. 

meskearia  Pack.,  but  the  wings  are  broader,  more  even,  and  the  color  is  a  bluish 

gray  or  mouse  color,  darkening  on  middle  iield  within  outer  line  to  blackish 

olive ;   discal  spots  white,  of  raised  scales.     In  form  and  general  appearance  it 

■  looks  like  a  bluish  gray  form  of  AzeJina  peplaria  Hiib. 

San  Antonio,  Texas,  from  Mr.  Rautenberg. 

99.  9IAR9IAREA  n.  gen. 
Type  occidentalw  Hulst. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  stout,  densely  haired ;  tongue 
strong ;  front  densely  haired,  tufted ;  antennae  of  S  stout,  heavy, 
dentate,  somewhat  lamellate,  flattened,  of  9  filiform  ;  thorax  densely 
long  haired,  rising  into  a  longitudinal  dorsal  crest,  long  densely  hairv 
below  ;  abdomen  rough  scaled  ;  femora  hairy,  hind  tibiae  not  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below, 

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380  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

wavy,  angulate,  12  veins,  10  and  11  from  cell;  hind  wings  5  unde- 
veloped, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell,  the  wings  wavy 
angulate. 

Species. —J/,  occidentalis  Hulst,  n.  sp. 

M.  occidentalis  n.  sp. — Expands  40-50  mm.      Very  much  like  Azelina 
pephiria  var.  hubneruta.  but  considerably  larger,  and  heretofore  catalogued  as  the 
Pacific  form  of  that  variety.    It  may  be  distinguished  by  the  antennse  of  the  % 
and  is  probably  a  "  species  darwiniana,"  in  which  the  colore  have  persisted,  while 
the  antennal  structure  is  modified. 

California. 

100.  AZKL.INA  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  156,  18.57. 

Type  peplaria  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  stout,  generally  heavily  scaled  ; 
tongue  developed ;  front  heavily  hair  tufted ;  antennae  flattened, 
naked  in  %  ;  thorax  heavily  and  loosely  haired,  with  a  distinct  dorsal 
crest ;  abdomen  loo.sely  scaled  ;  thorax  densely  woolly  below  ;  hind 
tibiae  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore 
wings  without  fovea  at  base  in  %  ,  falcate,  wavy  angulate,  12  veins, 
5  nearer  6  than  4,  10  and  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  wavy,  dull  an- 
gled at  2,  more  decided  in  9  ,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8 
.separate  from  cell. 

Species. — A.  peplaria  Hiib.  (hubnerata  Guen.) 
A.  behrensata  Pack. 

101.  SYSSAURA  Hiib. 
Zutr.  ii,  13,  figs.  247,  248. 

Type  drepanulafa  Hiib. 
Patahne  H.-Sch.  Auseu.  Schm.  80,  18.55.  type  f ale iilaria  Sepp. 
Microsemia  H.-Sch.,  Auseu.  Schm.  83,  18.55. 
Hyperythra  Guen..  Phal.  i,  99,  1857. 
Hypsosidra  Butl.,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  p.    492,  1878. 

Palpi  short,  stout,  rather  rough  scaled,  subascending  or  ascending  ; 
tongue  strong ;  front  scaled,  slightly  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  bipec- 
tinate,  apex  simple,  of  9  serrate ;  thorax  scaled,  somewhat  hairy 
b^low  ;  abdomen  scaled  ;  hind  tibiae  swollen,  with  hair  pencil  in  %  , 
with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  strongly  falcate, 
rounded,  12  veins,  10  and  11  stemmed  from  cell;  hind  wings  even, 
rounded,  anal  angle  prominent,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8 
separate  from  cell. 

The  description  is  from  the  American  species  as  I  do  not  know  the 
type  of  the  genus.  Mr.  Warren  is  responsible  for  the  application 
of  this  name  to  the  N.  A.  sj)ecies  heretofore  listed  under  Drepaiiodes 
(ruen.     Guenee  has  two  groups  under  Drepanodes,  the  latter  with 


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pectinated  antennre  falling  under  Syssaura  Hiib.  and  the  former  with 
simple  pubescent  autennte  in  the  %  ,  being  by  Mr.  Warren  put  under 
Drepanodes.  Mr.  Warren  says  the  species  of  Syssaura  have  elon- 
o-ate  fore  wings,  and  short,  straight  pectinations  of  the  %  antennae, 
while  the  species  of  Patalene  have  fully  pectinated  antenna  and  less 
falcate  fore  wings.  Whether  these  distinctions  will  hold  good  I 
cannot  say.  They  seem  scarcely  distinctive.  Siculata  is  placed  by 
Guenee  under  the  first  group  {Drepanodes^,  but  as  he  had  only  the 
$  ,  and  as  I  also  have  no  %  ,1  am  unable  to  verify  the  correctness 
of  the  reference.  It  is  quite  likely  not  Syssaura  in  the  above  sense, 
as  the  antennje  of  the  $  are  filiform  not  serrate,  and  the  fore  wings 
decidedly  falcate. 

Species.  — S.  siculata  Guen. 

S.  syzyciyaria  Hulst. 

S.  infensata  Guen. 

102.  CABERODES  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  135.  1857. 

Type  confusaria  Hiib. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue  strong ;  front 
scaled,  scarcely  tufted  ;  antennse  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple,  of 
%  serrate;  thorax  scaled,  slightly  hairy,  hairy  below;  abdomen 
scaled ;  hind  tibiae  slightly  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  all 
spurs ;  fore  wings  rounded  or  very  slightly  angulate,  without  fovea 
below,  12  veins  (in  one  specimen  13),  10  and  11  from  cell,  stemmed 
together  at  base ;  hind  wings  rounded  or  slightly  angulate,  5  unde- 
veloped, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

The  genus  is  scarcely  to  be  separated  from  Metanema  Guen.  Mr. 
Warren,  giving  the  synonymy,  says  it  is  the  same  with  Apicia  Guen., 
which  it  is  not,  as  Apicia  has  hair  pencil  in  S  .  Then  Mr.  Warren 
refers  the  term  Caberodes  for  the  first  species  described  by  Guenee, 
and  puts  the  American  species  under  Eumrca  Hub.  as  Hiibner  de- 
"  scribed  confusaria  under  that  generic  name.  But  in  his  description 
of  Caberodes  Guenee  gives  the  structure  of  the  males,  and  also  gives 
a  description  of  the  larva.  Of  the  species  to  which  Mr.  Warren 
would  refer  Caberodes  Guenee  says  he  had  the  9  only,  and  did  not 
know  the  I  ,  nor  the  larva.  The  I  described  is  confusaria,  and  the 
larva  is  the  larva  of  confusaria.  Caberodes  cannot  in  anywise  be 
therefore  referred  to  anything  but  confusaria.  With  regard  to 
Ensarca  in  the  Exot.  Schmet.,  there  is  no  pretense  to  binomial  no- 
menclature, and  no  generic  names  can  be  taken  from  what  is  de 
scriptive  merely.     Hiibuer's  first  use  of  the  term  in  anything  like 

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382  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

the  binomial  sense  was  in  the  Tentamen  with  elmguaria  as  type. 
So  Eusarca  can  in  no  wise  be  properly  used  as  a  generic  term  to 
include  Caberodes. 

Species. —  C.  junctnmrla  Guen. 
C.  eoiifmaria  Hiib. 
(C.  viajoraria  Guen. 

103.  OXYDIA  Guen. 

Phal.  i,  52,  1857. 

Type  vesuKa  Cram. 

Palpi  moderate,  ascending  or  erect,  heavy,  densely  scaled  or  haired  ; 
tongue  developed  ;  front  haired,  more  or  less  tufted  ;  antennae  flat- 
tened, sublamellate,  somewhat  fascicled  with  hairs ;  thorax  densely 
hairy  above  and  below  ;  abdomen  smooth ;  femora  haired,  hind  tibiae 
swollen,  with  hair  pencil  in  %  ,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes ; 
fore  wings  even,  not  angulated,  without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  12  veins, 
6  near  7,  10  and  1 1  from  cell ;  hind  wings  rounded,  even,  5  unde- 
veloped, 6  and  7  separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. —  0.  zonulata  Hulst. 
0.  vesulia  Cram. 

104.  TETRACIS  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  140,  1857. 

Type  crocallata  Guen. 

Palpi  moderate,  subascending,  rather  heavy,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue 
strong  ;  front  scaled  ;  slightly  tufted,  broad  ;  antennae  of  %  flattened, 
dentate,  naked  ;  thorax  hairy  scaled,  hairy  below  ;  abdomen  scaled  ; 
hind  tibiae  of  %  swollen,  with  hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs ;  fore  wings 
pointed,  angulate,  without  fovea  below,  12  veins,  10  and  11  on  cell ; 
hind  wings  angulate,  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7  separate,  8  separate 
from  cell. 

Truxaliata  Guen.  has  ordinarily  been  regarded  as  the  type  of 
Tetrads,  but  that  species  is  congeneric  with  (egrotata  Guen.,  the  type 
of  Sabulodes.  Crocallata  Guen.,  described  also  under  Tetrads,  dif- 
fers from  truxaliata  generically,  and  I  apply  Guenee's  generic  term 
to  it  as  type. 

Species.  —  T.  crocallata  Guen. 

105.  SABriiODES  Guen. 
Phal.  i,  42,  1857. 

Type  caber ata  Guen. 

Choerodes  Guen.,  Phal.  i,  35.  1857,  type  transversata  Dru. 
Anfepione  Pack.,  Geom.  Moths  484,  1876,  type  depontanata  Grt. 
Prochoerodes  Grt.,  An.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  55,  1883,  type  transversata  Dru. 

Palpi  moderate,  scaled,  porrect  or  ascending,  rough  scaled  ;  tongue 
strong  ;  front  rough  haii-ed,  somewhat  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %   simple, 


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flattened,  nearly  naked,  somewhat  lamellate,  of  9  simple,  filiform  ; 
thorax  rather  long  hairy  above  and  below,  tufted  anteriorly ;  abdo- 
men scaled,  slightly  tufted  at  end  ;  hind  tibiae  of  I  swollen,  with 
hair  pencil,  with  all  spurs  ;  fore  wings  without  fovea  below,  12  veins. 
10  on  11  stemmed  from  cell;  hind  wings  5  undeveloped,  6  and  7 
separate,  8  separate  from  cell. 

I  can  see  no  valid  reason  why  Sabulodes,  Antepione  and  Prochce- 
rodes  should  not  be  regarded  as  one  genus.  Sabulodes  and  Antepione 
have  the  antennse  of  the  %  more  flattened  and  naked,  but  the  an- 
tennae of  Pwchcerodes  are  flattened  and  but  shortly  ciliate.  The 
tendency  to  the  lamellate  form  of  segments  is  present  in  all  the  spe- 
cies though  more  marked  in  the  Sabulodes  group.  There  is  some 
variation  in  wing  shape,  but  the  variation  is  one  of  not  very  wide 
degree,  not  of  kind.  The  angulation  of  the  hind  wings  is  not  dis- 
tinctive, as  the  varieties  of  *S^.  tmnsversata  cover  both  forms.  The 
angulation  of  the  fore  wings  diflers,  as  does  the  amount  of  falcation 
beneath  apex,  but  this  also  differs  in  the  single  species  as  well  as  in 
the  sexes  of  some  of  the  species.  I  think  when  a  close  examination  is 
made  it  will  be  agreed  the  differences,  so  far  as  knowledge  at  present 
goes,  are  more  apparent  than  real.  O.rydia  is  very  close,  and  scarcely 
to  be  separated.  Politia  Cram,  is  put  by  Mr.  Butler  under  the 
genus  Nepheloleum,  but  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  description. 

Species : — 

IS.  traxaliata  Guen.  L&. aiifmctata  Hulst. 

S.  lorata  Grt.  •  S.  cateaulata  Grt. 

S.  sulpharata  Pack.  *S'.  nubilata  Pack. 

S.  depontanata  Grt.  S.  farciferata  Pack. 

*S.  novellata  Hulst.  S.  transversata  Dru. 

*S'.  caberata  Guen.  'S'.  politia  Cram. 

106.  ABBOTTANA  n.  gen. 
Type  dematata  Ab.  Sm. 

Palpi  moderately  long,  ascending  or  erect,  stout,  heavily  scaled ; 
tongue  developed ;  front  hair  tufted ;  antennae  of  S  shortly  bipec- 
tinate,  the  pectinations  scarcely  more  than  dentations,  with  a  fascicle 
of  hairs  at  the  summit  of  each  ;  thorax  densely  hairy  above,  densely 
woolly  below ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  femora  somewhat  hairy,  hind  tibue 
swollen,  without  hair  pencil  in  I  ,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  b(jtli 
sexes ;  fore  wings  falcate,  very  strongly  so  in  ?  ,  scarcely  angulate 
at  4,  without  fovea  below  in  ^  ,  12  veins,  10  on  9,  U  on  cell ;  hind 
Avings  rounded,  slightly  wavy,  slightly  angulate  at  -4,  more  decidedly 
so  in  9  ,  all  veins  separate,  5  undeveloped,  8  separate  from  cell. 
Species. — A.  clemataria  Ab.  and  Sm. 

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384  GEORGE    D.    HULST. 

PALYADINiE. 

This  subfamily  is  tropical,  the  two  species  of  our  fauna  occurring- 
only  in  the  southern  part  of  Florida.  They  are  characteristically 
and  peculiarly  marked  by  the  absence  of  the  frenulum,  which  feature 
may  warrant  family  distinction.  The  Geon)etrid  character  of  the 
family  is  shown  by  the  strongly  marked  angle  at  base  of  vein  8  in 
the  hind  wings. 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

Abdomen  of  %  untufted 1.  Falyas. 

Abdomen  of   %  with  lateral  tufts  on  fifth  segment ■  •  -2.   I'lirygiouis. 

1.  FAL.YAS  Gueu. 
Verz.  307,  1818. 

Type  aura  Cram. 

Palpi  moderate,  bushy,  ascending,  close  to  front ;  tongue  devel- 
oped ;  front  narrow,  tufted  ;  antennae  of  %  bipectinate,  apex  simple, 
thorax  smooth,  somewhat  tufted  posteriorly  ;  abdomen  smooth  ;  legs 
slender,  hind  tibiee  not  swollen,  without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs 
of  spurs  in  both  sexes ;  wings  even,  rounded,  with  metallic  bands 
and  spots;  fore  wings  12  veins,  10  on  9,  11  from  cell;  hind  wings 
all  veins  separate,  8  close  to  cell  one-half  its  length,  then  separating 
at  a  sharp  angle. 

Species: — P.  auriferaria  Hulst. 

2.  PHRYGIONIS  Hiib. 

Verz.  307,  1818. 

Type  argentata  Dru. 

Byssodes  Guen.,  Phal.  i,  399,  18.57,  type  argentata  Dru. 

Palpi  moderate,  bushy,  ascending,  close  to  front,  rather  .stout ; 
tongue  developed  ;  front  narrow,  short,  tufted  ;  antennae  shortly  bi- 
pectinate in  %  ,  filiform,  slightly  flattened,  naked  in  9  ;  thorax 
smooth  ;  abdomen  smooth,  with  subdorsal  hair  tuftings  at  extremity 
of  fifth  segment  in  %  ;  legs  long,  slender,  hind  tibise  not  swollen, 
without  hair  pencil,  with  two  pairs  of  spurs  in  both  sexes  ;  fore  wings 
without  fovea  at  base  in  S  ,  12  veins,  6  separate,  10  on  9,  1 1  on  cell ; 
hind  wings  all  veins  separate ;  8  close  to  cell  one-half  its  length, 
then  separating  at  a  broad  angle ;  all  wings  with  metallic  bands  and 
spots  ;  hind  wings  angled  at  4. 

Species. — P.  argenteostriata^tveG^. 

MECOCERATIN^. 

The  Mecoceratin£B  have  scarcely  any  representatives  in  our  fauna, 
and  this  subfamily,  while  tropical,  has  few  representatives  in  any 
part  of  the  world.  They  are  easily  recognised  by  the  extreme  length 
and  slenderness  of  the  antennae  and^legs,  which  in  them  becomes  a 


AMERICAN    LEPIDOPTERA.  385 

marked  characteristic.  The  front  is  very  much  shortened  and  the 
lower  part  protruded  so  the  proboscis  seems  to  come  directly  in  front 
of  and  between  the  eyes.  The  venation  also  is  peculiar,  11  being 
on  a  stem  with  7,  8,  9  and  10,  and  so  far  out  as  to  be  at  its  base 
nearer  the  end  of  the  wing  than  the  base  of  the  stem. 

Synopsis  of  Genera. 

Palpi  erect,  recurved 1.  Wlecoceras. 

Palpi  porrect,  or  subascending 2.  Almodes. 

1.  ]miE€0€ERAS  Guen. 

Phal.i,  388,  1857. 

Type  nitocris  Cram. 

Palpi  erect,  recurved,  exceeding  head,  not  long  scaled,  end  mem- 
ber short ;  front  with  a  scale  tuft ;  tongue  developed  ;  antennae  very 
long,  bipectinate  in  S  ,  subdeutate  in  $  ,  with  two  spinous  hairs  at 
the  end  of  each  segment ;  legs  very  long,  slender,  the  hind  tibiae  with 
two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  sepa- 
rate, 7,  8,  9,  10  and  11  on  one  stem;  hind  wings  3  and  4  from  a 
point,  6  and  7  short  stemmed,  5  undev^eloped. 
Species. — M.  nitocris  Cr. 

2.  AI^MODEiS  Guen. 

Phal.  i,  389,  1857. 

Type  terraria  Guen. 

Palpi  rather  long,  porrect  or  ascending,  slender,  rather  heavily 
scaled ;  front  scale  tufted  ;  tongue  developed ;  antennae  very  long, 
bipectinate  in  %  ;  legs  very  long  and  slender ;  hind  tibiae  with  two 
pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  12  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  6  separate;  7, 
8,  9,  10  and  11  on  a  stem ;  hind  wings  3  and  4  from  a  point,  6  and 
7  short  stemmed,  5  undeveloped. 

Species. — A.  terraria  Guen.  (rivularia  Grt.) 

MELANCHROIIN^. 

Only  one  genus,  the  typical  one  of  this  subfamily,  has  been  found 
in  the  United  States,  if,  indeed,  that  has  been  found  here.  In  our 
catalogues  several  species  are  enumerated,  and  it  is  possible  all  may 
be  found  in  the  extreme  south  of  Florida,  but  I  have  been  able  to 
find  no  record  of  the  capture  of  any  of  them  save  cephise  Cram, 
within  our  limits. 

This  subfamily  had  always  been  regarded  as  Lithosian  till  its  larva 
was  discovered,  which  showed  it  to  be  a  true  Geometer.  It  is,  how- 
ever, not  typical,  as  the  base  of  vein  8  of  hind  wings  is  scarcely 
bent,  and  is  not  angulated. 

The  species  are  brightly  colored,  as  a  rule,  and  decidedly  showy 
in  appearance. 

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386  GEORGE    D.    HUL8T. 

niEL.4N€HROIA  Hiib. 
Type  cephi.se  Cr. 

Palpi  moderate,  porrect,  not  heavy  ;  front  smooth  ;  tongue  strong  ; 
antennae  of  %  bipectinate ;  legs  rather  long,  slender ;  hind  tibiae 
with  two  pairs  of  spurs;  fore  wings  11  veins,  3  and  4  separate,  5 
wanting,  6  and  7  stemmed  ;  8,  9  and  10  stemmed,  11  from  cell ;  hind 
wings  3  and  4  separate,  6  and  7  from  a  point,  5  undeveloped. 
Species. — 31.  cephise  Cr. 


EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE   X. 


Fig.    1.  Fore  wing  of  Hydriomena  trifasciata  Bork.  (after  Packard). 

2.  "           "    Zenophleps  lignocoloratu  Pack. 

"       3.  "           '■    Opheroptera  boreata  L.,  %  (after  Packard). 

"       4.  "           "    Brephos  infans  Moesch  (after  Comstock). 

"       5.  "            "    Leucida  ladeohnhi  Hiilst. 

"       6.  "           '■    Synelys  ennncleatd  (luen.  (after  Comstock). 

"       7.  ■       "           "    Ctdledapteryx  dryopterafa  Grt.  (after  Packard). 

8.  "           "    Anaplodes  remotaria  Walk,  (after  CorDstock). 

"       9.  '■           "    Caripeta  angustiorala  Walk,  (after  Comstock). 

"     10.  "           "    Mecoceras  nitocns  Cram. 

'•     11.  "            "    Melatichroia  cephise  Cram. 

"     12.  Hind  wing  of  Hydriomena  trifasciata  Bork. 

"     13.  "           "    Dyspteris  abortivaria  H.-Sch.  %  (after  Comstock). 

■'     14.  "'           "    Endide  mendica  Walk,  (after  Comstock). 

''     15.  "           "    Brephos  infans  Moesch.  (after  Comstock). 

"     16.  "            "    Leucida  lacteolaria  Hulst.                                                           ' 

■'     17.  "           ■'    %Me/..(/s  c;iK»cZ(^«/rt  Guen.  (after  Comstock). 

"     18.  "           "    Caripeta  aiigustiorata  Walk,  (after  Comstock). 

"     19.  Humeral  angle  of  hind  wing  of  Eudide  mendica  Walk,  (after  Comstock). 


EXPLANATION  OF   PLATE  XL 


Fig.    1.  Section  of  antenna  of  Caripeta  divisata  Walk.  %  . 
"       2.         "  "  Sywphertn  mnrcessaria  Pack.  % . 

"       3.         "  "  Gonoduiitis  fonnosa  Ilu\st  %.  ' 

'•       4.         "  "  Lychnosea  helriolaria,  Hulst  % . 

"       5.         "  "  Ripida  mahometnria  H.-Sch.  % . 

6.         "  "  Abbottana  clemataria  Ab.  and  Sm.  %  . 

"       7.         "  '■  Erannis  defoliaria  L.  % . 

8.  '■  "  Ectropis  crepiiscularia  Schif.  % . 

9.  "  "  Marmarea  occidentalis  Hulst  % . 
'•     10.         "                   "  Sabidodes  caberata  Guen.  % . 

"     11.  Palpus  of  Lytrosis  unifaria  H.-Sch. 

"     12.         "  Cafopyrrhn  coJoraria  Fab. 

"     13.         "  Mi/rt('r(iphorii  lonijipalpafa  Hulst  % . 

"     14.  Fore  tibia  of  Fenialdella  fmefarin  Grt. 

"     15.  ■'  "    Euaspilates  spinitaria  Pack. 

"     16.  "  ■'    Epimecis  hortarin  Guen. 

"     17.  "  ■'    f^ynelys  enniwlenta  (juen. 

"     18.   Hind  tibia  of  Fernaldelln  timt'tarla  Grt. 

"     19.  "  "    Mecoceras  uitocris  Cram. 

"     20.  "  "    Sabulodes  transversata  Dru.  %  . 

"     21.  "  ■'    Ania  limbata  Haw.  %  . 


ERRATA. 

Page  249,  line  6  from  top,  for  vein  absent  read  vein  5  absent. 

"     249,  line  13  from  top  and  line  5  from  bottom  ;  also  page  254,  lines  14  and  15 
from  bottom  :  also  page  255,  lines  11  and  17  from  top  ;  also  page  311,  lines 
7  and  10  from  bottom,  for  Hydriominte  read  Hydriomeninge. 
Page  258,  line  13  from  bottom,  for  Ennomiinse  read  Ennominse. 

287,  line  13  from  top.  for  Xauthorhce  read  Xanthorhoe. 

289,  line  11  from  top,  for  Melanchoria  read  Melanchroia. 

298,  line  11  from  bottom,  fov  fuscaria  read  perfuscaria. 

300,  before  all  species  under  Leueophtbalmia  in  place  of  C  place  L. 

303,  line  20  from  top,  for  laretaria  read  laufaria. 

317,  for  Leuculidse  read  Leuculinse. 

322,  line  9  from  bottom ;  also  page  326,  line  9  from  top,  for  Choraspilates 
read  Chloraspilates. 

341,  before  all  species  of  Euemera,  in  place  of  A  place  E. 

343,  line  8  from  bottom,  for  insects  read  insect. 

368.  between  lines  6  and  7  from  top,  place  species  S.  vidneraria  Hiib. 


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